A subgroup of air-breathing, terrestrial (land) arthropods, spiders are not actually insects but rather belong to the Class Arachnida (a.k.a. arachnid). Besides spiders, other arachnids include ...

What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful back legs. They belong to a family of spiders called ...

Looking around your home, you’ve surely seen a spiderweb or two in places like the ceiling, the attic, or in the basement. Many different kinds of spiders live in homes and buildings, the majority of ...

The so-called Joro spiders — also known as “parachuting spiders” — have already been multiplying in several southern U.S. states and scaring the bejeebies out of anyone with a fear of eight-legged ...

Joro spiders, those scary-looking critters that can apparently fly through the air when their giant webs are lifted by the wind, have been making big headlines in recent weeks — mainly because of ...