Spiders weave different styles of webs for different hunting tactics. Identifying the web helps identify if its maker is a ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

A study on why people fear spiders shows that details like webs and large eyes can change how people respond, sometimes ...

Some ants might actually not be ants at all, and instead be other animals pretending to be them. Pictures from a new paper in the journal Biology Letters show ants, other insects and spiders that all ...

The spider cricket is a common American pest. This insect gets its name from its spindly, spider-like legs, but it’s not a true spider. This pest typically lives in caves and forests, but it can ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

You’ve heard of extreme ironing. You’ve heard of extreme sitting. Both are fairly new inventions, but the craziest extreme sport of all has been around for at least 44 million years. It’s ...

In a study published in the online journal Science of Nature on March 14, researchers set out to put a value on the ecological importance of arachnids, reports the BBC. There are over 45,000 species ...