Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...
A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid spread across the United States (U.S.). Read on to find out where this spider ...
Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.
Cold temperatures and harsh weather conditions are bad news for most animals, including spiders. But these creatures aren’t ...
When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...
Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.
The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but jumping spiders are ...
A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.