Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be curious now. A nursery rhyme that kept waking a woman up at night in ...

I’ve been spending a lot of time out on my boat photographing loons, grebes, pelicans and other birds this spring. So it was fun when I came across something else that was just as photogenic but ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy." English poet Mary Howitt's "The Spider and the Fly" doesn't ...

Arachnophobia, the irrational fear of spiders, is widespread. Some estimates claim that about 6% of the population are arachnophobes. If you are one, my apologies for this column. But you’ve probably ...

If you want to watch a spider eat a fish -- and you know you do -- you need to think like a spider. First, go where the water is still: a windless lake, or a bend in a lazy stream. This is where fish ...

Most spiders are land animals, but the fishing spider tends to spend most of its time dwelling on watery surfaces. Fishing spiders can walk on water, utilizing the watery body’s surface tension to do ...

LAKEWOOD - The largest spider in Wisconsin, the fishing spider, is making more and more appearances across the state."This is the big spider we've had hanging out all summer," said Ben Vande Velden, ...

Arachnophobes, please watch your step. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a creepy photo this week of a wolf spider matriarch carrying dozens of new hatchlings on her back over muddy ground.

Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

The fish appear to favor the locale not for the sights, but for their neighbors—tiny spider crabs that feast on the animal’s ...

I’ve been spending a lot of time out on my boat photographing loons, grebes, pelicans and other birds this spring. So it was fun when I came across something else that was just as photogenic but ...