When it comes to choosing a pet, spiders might not top everyone’s list. However, these eight-legged creatures are gaining ...

What looks like a spider but isn’t one, lives underwater and breathes through its legs? That would be the mysterious sea ...

After studying the samples, Dr. Evans determined that the cave spiders had been hijacked by a fungus he dubbed Gibellula ...

While Hollywood and urban legends paint dramatic tales about spider bites, medical professionals share a fascinating reality: ...

There are some pretty weird relationships in the animal world. Some parasites exist only in the eyes of the world’s oldest sharks, while researchers have been researching fungus that survives by ...

The intriguing symbiotic relationship between tarantulas and small frogs exhibits mutual benefits, with frogs providing pest ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

Bioscientists at Trier University have succeeded in revealing the complete blueprint of three unusual ... about spiders. However, science often pays less attention to spiders than other animals ...

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.