Love them or hate them, spiders are all around us. There are around 50,000 species of spiders in the world, and more than 3,500 of them are in the United States. Spiders can be various sizes, from ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has documented the discovery of an ...

The wasp spider cunningly disguises itself as its namesake and is easily recognisable due to its striped abdomen and legs. The species, the largest orb-weaver in Britain, is being widely spotted ...

Researchers suspect these exaggerated organs evolved as a survival tactic, keeping males at a safer distance from their ...

Have you ever heard of the tarantula hawk wasp? These wasps hunt tarantula spiders for an interesting reason. Read here to ...

Scientists have discovered four new species of male tarantulas with record-long genitalia, leading to a new genus named ...

The researchers speculate that male members of Satyrex may have evolved their huge palps to avoid getting attacked and eaten ...

In a significant discovery, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata have found a new spider species ...

The naming specificity applies to some of the individual species, as well. The largest in the genus, Satyrex ferox, has a 5.5 ...

Indeed, the team found the largest declines in arthropods occurred in those that favor La Niña conditions. If El Niño is ...

These fuzzy spiders are out and about between May and August, when males search for females to mate. Here's what to know about tarantulas.