Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

If you're scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn't help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake ...

Laurens County, South Carolina – During the classic spooky season plastic spiders greet trick-or- treaters in front yards and ...

The other newly discovered species is  Phrynarachne storozhenkoi, found in one of the Malaysian regions of Borneo, and it is ...

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 – ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state's coastal sand dunes.

Walter Reeves answers question from AJC readers, ranging from the universally fatal rose rosette to spider silk stretching from tree to tree.

At 80 years old, Betty Kellenberger recently became the oldest woman to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

Joros don’t typically pose serious threats to humans. But their autumnal abundance does appear to be the source of ...