Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is web-slinging onto digital platforms on August 8. Sony Pictures confirmed in a press release on Tuesday that Spider-Man fans can download the second chapter of ...

Nature reveals a stark reality: some mothers become their offspring's final meal. From black lace weaver spiders offering unfertilized eggs before being consumed, to desert spiders liquefying their ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

Sulfur caves are among the most extreme habitats on Earth. They are completely dark and filled with hydrogen sulfide gas, which is toxic to most life-forms. Inside, species’ survival depends on ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters ...

Every year, spiders kill about 20 people worldwide. That’s fewer than scorpions, lightning strikes, or hippos—and a tiny fraction of the 17.9 million deaths caused by cardiovascular disease. Yet ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs. Trilobites Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations ...

Ask anyone who has ever tried to wrench on an old car, and they’ll tell you: rust sucks. And not only on body panels; rusty fasteners underhood or underneath the car can ruin your day in a big hurry.

Matriphagy is a type of animal behavior where the young eat their own mother. It is the ultimate display of maternal martyrdom and takes motherly love to the highest level. You can see it in action in ...

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