Hattiesburg Zoo welcomes four rescued spider monkeys after US border smuggling attempt. AZA, Species Survival Program aid primate welfare, highlight pet trade risks.

From bird-dropping mimics to legless burrowers, these newly discovered species were hiding right under our noses.

Technically, all spiders are at least slightly venomous. However, the vast majority of species in the United States are not considered medically significant. Most cases of spider bites that require ...

Jumping spiders are native to the U.S. and make great pets, bug lovers say. Investigators did not say what species of jumping spider was involved in the animal cruelty case. Laurie Sheppard/USFWS A ...

There aren't many fans of spiders, and most people probably don't spend much time worrying about what spiders eat. The average person thinks of a spider as a carnivore, eating flies trapped in their ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

Spiders are often the things that nightmares are made of. This has to do with how venomous some spiders are or how large spiders can grow in the US and beyond. Spiders can even join the category of ...