This video examines the tropical banana spider, commonly linked to species known for medically significant venom and unpredictable defensive behavior. Unlike web-building spiders, it actively hunts ...

From spraying mates with urine to changing one's sex, these are the most intriguing courtships in the animal kingdom.

Even within the confines of our own backyards, a surprising variety of spiders call these spaces home. While many pose no threat to humans, certain species can be dangerously venomous. Understanding ...

In the vast world of arachnids, few creatures evoke as much fear and fascination as deadly spiders. While most spiders are harmless to humans, there exists a select few whose venom can cause severe ...

Joro spiders have been spotted in areas across the county, but what are these invasive creatures? When will they be returning? Will they be expanding? While the Joro spider season, which spans from ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

While both are arachnids and spine chilling to behold, there are many differences between a male vs female black widow spider. You may not know just how many differences there are between them, and ...

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TikTokers are showing off their baby spider monkeys in cute outfits and diapers, but how they're getting them is alarming officials U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Facebook U.S. officials ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is now in the midst of its creepiest time of year: “Spider Season.” That’s according to Dr. Lisa Taylor, an assistant research scientist for the University of Florida’s ...

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species. One of the ...