There are more than 50,000 species of spiders in the world, of all different sizes. They live in a wide range of habitats and ...

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

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Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs. This is when you may spot the classic cobwebs in your yard or garden.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nocturnal spiders have been filmed capturing fireflies and keeping them in their webs to attract ...

Just as the weather starts to turn, the spiders begin to come out. Spider season has arrived for western Washington. “I moved from a place that had its fair share of different, more dangerous spiders, ...

Sending spiders to space seems like a good idea (because, science), but arachnids apparently have their own notions about living in space. NASA researchers first sent spiders to space in the 1970’s, ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...

It’s spider season, and for some, it’s a daunting experience to get rid of spiders when they find their way inside your home. Although you can take precautions to stop them from entering by spraying ...

Male nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) use the sense of smell in their legs to find mates. Researchers at the ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music -- creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the ...