A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

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Tropical orb-weaving spiders craft giant spider-like puppets in their webs. Scientists say the decoys may deter predators, ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

It usually comes out late at night, as a joke that goes over too well. Someone thinks you swallow spiders while sleeping, and ...

The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but jumping spiders are ...