Comic-Con kicks off Thursday in San Diego, California, with expectations running high among devoted fans keen to catch a glimpse of George Lucas at his first-ever appearance at the convention. Other ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy ...

The red eresus is a rare and powerful spider that hunts using a swift attack. This footage shows the moment just after a successful strike. The spider holds its prey firmly and prepares to immobilize ...

A new study documents fighting and cannibalism between female joro spiders for the first time. But it’s unclear how this ...

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and ...