Spiders have pretty good control of their hemolymph pressure normally; however, when they die, they lose control of their ...

Few creatures have earned a reputation as chilling as the Sydney funnel-web spider. Found across eastern Australia, this ...

The new pesticide, based on the venom of a particular spider, kills common agricultural pests but leaves honeybees unharmed. (See “Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens.”) The bee-friendly ...

NPR editor Barrie Hardymon and producer Marc Rivers talk about the joy of loving movies everyone else loves to hate.

Massive Joro spiders have popped up everywhere in Georgia, but professors may have found a wya to control them ...

Most spiders are content to hang out in their burrow or web, waiting for food to come to them, but this Brazilian spider uses a different strategy.