A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

Black widow spiders live in cool, dark places. What to know in Mississippi to keep them away from your home, avoid a bite.

Whether in the basement or the shed–there’s almost always a corner where that one spider lurks. Is it always the same one? And: How old do spiders actually get? PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia ...

Research from Georgia Gwinnett College suggests that the invasive Joro spider in Georgia may carry a bacteria that could help ...

In the kitchen, spiders will protect your pantry by snacking on houseflies, or species like the Indian meal moth that will ...

But the half-inch predator does punch surprisingly far above its weight. According to a 2023 study, for example, the noble ...

Plastics now comprise about 30 per cent of the material found in birds’ nests, as experts warn fake Halloween cobwebs sold at ...

Toniatiuh doesn’t just play Molina in the tender and brutal prison scenes opposite Luna’s Valentin. He appears in the ...

Fen Raft Spiders are making an "incredible comeback" in the UK with as many as 10,000 breeding females believed to be spread over 12 sites. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has ...

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

Many spiders are mistaken for the brown recluse, but few have toxic venom, and even fewer are a threat to humans.

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