Spiders come in all sorts of colors and patterns. While we all know about black widows and their iconic red hourglass marks, have you ever wondered about other interesting patterns? One such spider ...

Parasites have been attaching themselves to spiders for millennia. Given the large number of spiders and the wide variety of ...

They called it Damarchus inazuma, after a Japanese manga character in the "One Piece." ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room ...

Kolhapur: A new species of trapdoor spider has been discovered in the grasslands of Kolhapur district by a joint team of ...

They're huge and colorful, with bands of yellow and blue. These massive spiders have been making headlines over the past months as they expand their presence in the United States. Now, they've been ...

A rare species of jumping spider, Pilia malenadu, has been rediscovered after a century of absence. Females were recorded for the first time.

Some spider bites can be dangerous to humans—and can even cause death. But which arachnids around the world pose the biggest risk to us? Spiders have a bad reputation—research suggests that between ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There are more than 500 species of spiders in Oregon, and soon they’ll be breeding. Eeek! Every autumn, the Oregon Department of Agriculture sees an uptick in spider reports ...

Sometimes, the best survival strategy is disguising yourself like something no one wants to eat, much less mess with and dig ...