The bright contrast of yellow and black on a spider may make it look very scary, but most do more good than harm. Here's how to identify friends and foes.

Dara Ojo is a master of wildlife macrophotography — extreme close-up shots showing little critters in all their odd, beautiful glory.

The national health body added: “Some spiders’ bites can cause you to feel or be sick, sweating, and dizziness. Bites can also become infected or cause a severe allergic reaction in rare cases. Get ...

But "orb weaver spiders, funnel-web spiders, wolf spiders, jumping spiders, tarantulas, and crab spiders" can also cause painful bites that rarely have serious complications.

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing them and using their corpses to spread.

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using ...

During a virtual interview with WDRB News, Fortner brought out a golden silk orb weaver spider. Handling it with ease, she admitted she used to be terrified of spiders as a child, but after ...

Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play.

Though Joro spiders are technically venomous, the "Nerf footballs with legs," as Frick refers to them, are considered harmless to humans and pets. The likelihood of it just being one [Joro spider ...

Are Joro spiders orb-weavers? Joro spiders are in the family of orb-weavers, which spin large, orb-shaped webs. They look similar to garden spiders and banana spiders. Do Joro spiders fly?

Earlier this year, USA Today reported that orb weaver spiders also have another interesting skill: Trapping a firefly and using its glowing bulb to attract even more insects.