A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...

Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron ...

“This research shows that brown recluse spiders aren’t the boogeyman that everyone makes them out to be,” Coticchio said.

Some Marvel Comics fans believe Miguel O'Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, could be a vampire. Here's how his unique powers fuel the theory.

The recipient is recovering well and hopes to see his young children grow up. Adam Hoover lived a healthy life until he was ...

Body growth in spiders (indeed in all arthropods) happen by jettisoning the tough outer shell while a new skin grows beneath, says Richard Jones. This is completely on growth from a new batch of ...

Ticks are perhaps scary for their bloodsucking nature, and there are quite a few other insects that look like them. However, those insects are quite different.

A white-tailed spider has come off second best following a sneak attack on former Cairns Taipan-turned-MP Matt Smith at his home in the northern beaches recently.

William J. Baerg was a naturalist, entomologist and teacher who served as head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for 31 years. His research on black widow ...