MUNICH - Insect and spider populations are falling dramatically across the globe, spurring concern throughout the scientific community, and a new study suggests that the decline may be happening more ...

As always this time of year, the queen of the garden – our great big sewing machine spider – is the email queen, too. Most of us at some point or other have become “friends” with one of these big ...

A close look at a viral spider video reveals how web-building spiders use silk to restrain, transport, and consume large prey ...

For the first time anywhere, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and from Germany have succeeded in producing self-assembled spider web fibers under laboratory conditions, outside of ...

If you feel like the amount of spiders in your home has quadrupled lately, you're not alone. In autumn, households notice an influx of eight-legged visitors, leading many to dub it 'spider season.' ...

Spotting a spider in your home is a less-than-ideal situation. After all, they’re creepy and crawly, and a spider sighting can spark fears that there are more where that one came from. Just know this: ...

Researchers studying amber containing the larvae of Cretaceous insects reveal that immature lacewings likely specialized in killing spiders. They walked across spider webs with ease thanks to long, ...

We're nearing spider season (they tend to make an appearance from September) and if, like me, you're not a huge fan of the creepy-crawlies, but want to catch them as humanely as possible, then let us ...

You’ve heard of extreme ironing. You’ve heard of extreme sitting. Both are fairly new inventions, but the craziest extreme sport of all has been around for at least 44 million years. It’s ...

Like in Game of Thrones, where the Iron Throne was forged from the swords of all the enemies Aegon the Conqueror defeated, this Cyclosa spider uses its dead enemies’ bodies to build a big fake spider ...