Customs in East China's Zhejiang province said Wednesday that they had seized 90 live poisonous spiders from parcels sent from Germany. The 81 Theraphosidae spiders and 9 six-eyed sand spiders ...

Each spider was packed in a round, transparent plastic box, the report said. However, the receiver failed to gain quarantine approval so the bureau destroyed the poisonous spiders, the report said ...

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in the Cretaceous ecosystem, scientists say.

The spider attacks occurred about a month ago in the remote village of Sadiya in Assam state, close to the borders of China and Myanmar and far from arachnid specialists.

Three new species of an ancient, secretive group of spiders, all native to Hunan province in China, have been described. These “mesothelean” spiders diverged from other arachnid families about ...

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Spiders are common critters. And, as almost all of Earth's 43,000 known spider species are venomous, it is likely that most people have encountered a venomous spider at one point or another. So ...

Though this substance can kill spiders and insects, it's certainly not the world's most toxic poison. Many species of cranefly don't have mouthparts, so they can't bite. (Image credit: kerkla via ...

HANGZHOU - Customs in East China's Zhejiang province said Wednesday that they had seized 90 live poisonous spiders from parcels sent from Germany. The 81 Theraphosidae spiders and 9 six-eyed sand ...