Entomologist Mark Teller, who made the discovery with colleague Graeme Lyons, said the name was inspired by the distinctive ...

The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid have informally named the species the white-knuckled wolf spider.

A super-rare species of spider that could have been lost forever from the UK has been rediscovered, 40 years after it was ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's ...

Learn and watch how the incredible wheel spider escapes parasitic wasps in the desert by cartwheeling down slopes.

From blood-squirting lizard eyes to zombie cockroaches, the natural world is ready for a truly terrifying Halloween.

Spider-Man has been in some scary Marvel Comics storylines over his existence, and these are the most horror-filled of them ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...