It was a hot summer's day, and I spent most of it outside doing yard work. So, when I had finished for the day and came inside, I decided to have a shower to cool off and get clean. And it wasn’t even ...

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 ...

Common Garden Spiders in North America Looking to learn spider facts, including which spiders are lurking in your garden? The ...

A shipment of olives from Córdoba has caused a stir in the UK after a venomous spider was discovered hiding among the cargo.

Researchers used computer vision techniques and machine learning and neural network algorithms to see if artificial ...

"Stink bugs, in particular the brown marmorated stink bug, can be devastating to tree fruit,” says Blaauw. These pests feed ...

It caused quite the fright for would-be owner Shaun Webb when he found out that his tarantulas had gone missing. In a ...

Web-building spiders, by contrast, have poorer eyesight and rely more heavily on vibrations detected through their webs. This diversity in visual capabilities illustrates how spider anatomy has ...

The male nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) catches prey, carefully wraps it in silk, and presents this “nuptial gift” to a female as part of his courtship ritual.

Funnel-style webs are made by spiders which live low down among grass and heather. Their webs form a “large sheet of closely woven silk” which can cover patches of grass and other greenery.

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over ...