Even snake catchers can be caught off guard by nature every now and then. When snake catcher Steve Meighan went to turn the lights off in his snake room on February 24 he was met with a "hand-sized" ...

The black widow spider is one of the most recognisable and feared spiders in the world, known for its shiny black body and ...

In China, the arachnids seem to somehow manipulate the flashing of a caught male firefly to resemble a female’s come-hither signal. Once this spider gets a firefly ...

A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it ...

It’s black widow season in Arizona. If you’ve ever stepped into your backyard or garage, chances are you’ve shared space with one of these infamous locals. Black widows are easy to spot; they’re shiny ...

On dewy mornings in mid-summer I'll pull up the window shade and see a dozen or more spider webs dotting the lawn. They resemble single-ply sheets of facial tissue but with circular shapes. Funnel ...

Biologist Brian Gall was flinging stowaway spiders out of his kayak when he noticed an interesting pattern: After landing on the water’s surface, the arachnids quickly darted to the nearest shoreline, ...

Many spider species build spiral wheel-shaped webs – orb webs – to capture prey, and some incorporate so-called “stabilimenta ...