Learn about vampire spiders and their love of human blood, which they're able to salvage from blood-carrying mosquitoes.

Appearance: Varies by species, but they're often small and fuzzy and have two shiny large eyes in the the middle of what humans would call a forehead. Habitat: Found worldwide, except Antarctica and ...

Twelve new spider species were found in New Zealand’s mountains, proving there’s still more wildlife waiting to be discovered ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ind. — Though researchers scoured grasslands at Kankakee Sands in the hopes of finding one, it wasn’t until they checked a portion of prairielands on the property’s eastern edge that ...

Nefertiti, the Johnson jumping spider hunting for flies inside her space flight habitat on board the International Space Station. Photo by NASA. Nefertiti, the courageous space spider who soared into ...

Like a base jumper leaping off a high precipice into the abyss below, a flat, brownish spider dives from the top of a tall tree and careens through the air, spiraling downward before smashing into the ...

The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an ...

When male spiders court females, they risk more than simple rejection. A hungry female who spurns the advances of a hopeful male may still see him as a likely candidate — for her dinner. And ...