For some, giant spiders are the stuff of nightmares. However, the majority of these large arachnids are typically harmless to ...

A new spider named after Pink Floyd isn't the band's first-meet the pink-clawed shrimp too ...

First-ever video of Cryptodrassus michaeli reveals a tiny, elusive spider and highlights hidden species in well-studied ...

Source: William Eberhard, used with permission. Spider webs can be beautiful, intricate, and deadly—but what can they tell us about the spiders who build them? There are over 3,100 species of ...

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 ...

Individual behaviour in spider communities far more fluid than previously thought Instead of fixed behavioural types, spiders appear to adjust their behaviour dynamically based on circumstances New ...

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 ...