What’s scarier than a spider? A really big spider, of course. A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike silhouettes on 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 ...

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nature-made Halloween decorations looming around your porch? Well, you’re not the only one. Joro spiders are a massive invasive species invading the South, but how? Well, they’ve been around since ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Christopher Terrell Nield does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Learn how to build the easiest spider spawner XP farm in Minecraft 1.21+. This tutorial works in both Java and Bedrock Edition and is survival-friendly — perfect for farming XP, string, and spider ...

In Taiwan’s forests, researchers discovered a clever hunting trick by the sheet web spider Psechrus clavis. Instead of immediately devouring captured fireflies, the spiders allow them to glow in the ...

Learn how to build the easiest spider spawner XP farm in Minecraft 1.21+. This design works in Java and Bedrock Edition, and is perfect for survival players who find a cave spider or regular spider ...