When it comes to spider love, female widow spiders hold the key to attracting mates, potentially adjusting their web's attractiveness to lure males, according to new research. A study led by Simon ...

When it comes to spider love, female widow spiders hold the key to attracting mates, potentially adjusting their web’s attractiveness to lure males, according to new research. A study led by ...

One spider’s art is another’s junk The trashline orbweaver doesn’t have a typical aesthetic sense—it wraps up poop, leftover pieces of prey and other debris in a straight line.

Certain female spiders are infamous for eating their partners after sex, but some actually pounce on suitors, fangs first, before mating ever occurs.

Dancing Means Life or Death The dance of a jumping spider is unbelievably intricate. Each body part operates independently to signify interest to a female spider.

Together, a dark-hued male crab spider and a larger, paler female resemble a flower, in what researchers suspect is the first case of cooperative mimicry ...

New promo art for the upcoming Disney+ animated series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, features several key Marvel characters, including Doctor Strange, Daredevil, and a range of villains.

Among spiders, sex doesn’t just create life; it can also end it. Males of many species—including orb-weaving spiders, widow spiders, and wolf spiders—find their fortunes turning on a dime ...

It's a common myth that spiders migrate into homes in the fall to escape cold weather, but the truth is, those eight-legged arachnids you see scurrying across your house have likely always been ...

Competition for first mating is especially intense—the first partner of a female spider mite will sire the rest of their offspring.

New promo art for the upcoming Disney+ animated series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, features several key Marvel characters, including Doctor Strange, Daredevil, and a range of villains.

If it sells at or above its high estimate, the present “Spider” could come within web-slinging distance of the record for any work by a female artist at auction, currently the $44.4 million ...