A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

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 special ...

It can be pretty scary finding any sort of spider in your bath but imagine coming across one that has a leg span of 12 inches ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

Black widow spiders contribute to the environment by killing a significant amount of pests that cause harm to crops and spread disease. However, their venom is highly toxic and can impact human health ...

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Outdoor spiders are hard at work, devouring home and garden pests such as ants, flies, mosquitoes, aphids, and thrips. It’s estimated they kill 400 to 800 million metric tons of prey worldwide ...

Although Bolivia is landlocked, it is home to diverse geography, including the Andes mountains in the west, the Amazon ...

Unregulated markets could lead to species becoming vulnerable. Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for arachnids as pets, and it is ...