Spiders are some of the world’s most misunderstood creatures. These arachnids, which have been around for around 400 million ...

Brown recluse spiders are small and quite shy, but capable of delivering deadly bites. Learn about what to do if you get ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...

Have you ever wondered if daddy longlegs are venomous? We're here to debunk the myths on these fascinating arachnids.

Source: William Eberhard, used with permission. Spider webs can be beautiful, intricate, and deadly—but what can they tell us about the spiders who build them? There are over 3,100 species of ...

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...