Even if spiders send a shiver up your spine, don't kill arachnids willy-nilly. This ogre-faced spider is more useful alive, ...

Don't reach for a shoe the next time you find a spider in your home. Squishing some types of spiders can create even bigger ...

Sometimes just being a spider is scary enough to insects: In recent years, researchers have shown spiders not only eat bugs, they can also intimidate them to the point where insects eat less in ...

Spiders are beneficial garden inhabitants. You might think of them as an eight-legged pest control service operating in your garden.

With the school holidays now upon us, now is the time to foster a connection between children and nature. However, despite it ...

While spiders are often portrayed as scary, the truth is they eat all kinds of other crawling things that can seriously damage your garden – so they're actually free pest control.

A: They are pholcid or cellar spiders and completely harmless. Pholcids are the spiders that cause the unsightly cobwebs in the corners along a ceiling. All you can do is vacuum them up when you ...

Scientists learned a terrifying tactic that some spiders rely on to lure prey into their webs: using fireflies as glowing lures.

(CBS News) Filming animals and insects in nature can definitely put you in harm's way. Just ask this guy who decided to film a pretty scary-looking spider. Warning: If you have arachnophobia, this ...

In any pest management program, it is important to encourage the beneficial insects or natural enemies by avoiding pesticides that kill them.

Scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in Australia that could cause a bite that is 'physically painful' if they come into contact with humans. Female euoplos dignitas spiders ...