Joros don’t typically pose serious threats to humans. But their autumnal abundance does appear to be the source of ...
Walter Reeves answers question from AJC readers, ranging from the universally fatal rose rosette to spider silk stretching from tree to tree.
A new study from Clemson University, believed to be the first controlled bite study of its kind, tested whether Joro spiders ...
The Joro spider, which hails from East Asia, was first spotted in Maryland in 2010. The spider has since been confirmed in ...
If you’re scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn’t help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake ...
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state's coastal sand dunes.
The new spiders were identified as Aptostichus ramirezae. They're a new type of trapdoor spider, and live in California ...
Natural spiderwebs are good at capturing DNA from the environment, but artificial webs are cheap and provide better control – ...
An associate professor of forest health and invasive species at Clemson University recently co-authored two papers addressing ...
At 80 years old, Betty Kellenberger recently became the oldest woman to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail.