Legend has it the Eastern hellbenders slithered here straight from hell and But in the age of humans, that evolutionary asset ...

As the temperature rises, so do spider sightings. The dry heat drives them indoors into cooler, darker spaces in the houses.

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into ...

While some tarantula species will tolerate being handled, it’s really important to understand their behavior, anatomy, and needs before attempting to interact with them directly. Remember, improper ...

The crime was first discovered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials when they stopped one of Dafar’s co-conspirators ...

Researchers collected strange sea animals, including poisonous sea pigs and hand-sized sea spiders, while sailing to the ...

After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences decided to close the Insect Zoo because of ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

The word "tarantula" is not commonly used in our everyday language. Yet, everyone immediately knows what it means: a large, hairy spider. Today, people might be more inclined to say "bird spider." But ...

A two-year study into the Australian wishbone spiders by experts from Queensland Museum, Western Australian Museum and the ...

Arachnophobes may be alarmed to hear that scientists have identified 55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders. Coming ...

"The largest invasive lizard species established in Florida is likely the Nile ... According to biologists, basilisks eat ...