Researchers trekking the remote Himalayas to study ants stumbled onto something unexpected lurking under a leaf, and it ...

Although most animals generally avoid eating their own, they'll sometimes be forced to enjoy a feast of a friend (or ...

Take the dewdrop spiders, a group of tiny tropical species that specialise in pilfering prey caught by larger orb-web spiders ...

If you thought you could outrun a spider, think again. Scientists have identified the fastest spider ever recorded, and the ...

They may look like spiders, but daddy longlegs belong to a different group of arachnids entirely. Here's why they're more remarkable than you think.

This nocturnal rainforest spider has evolved an unusually specialized hunting strategy, using a silk-powered snare to target ...

We gardeners understand the concept of separating. We routinely separate insects in our garden into “good” and “bad” columns.

What is a vampire spider? Where do they live and do they drink human blood? Nick Baker takes a look at this fascinating ...

The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

Two species of black widow spiders, the northern and southern, are found in Ohio, primarily in the southern third of the ...

The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...