In a recent exploration, scientists have stumbled upon a colossal spider ‘supercity’ in a cave, home to an estimated 100,000 ...

The behavior, which had never been observed before, stunned scientists as, typically, the larger house spider would prey on ...

Serban Sarbu, a cave scientist, thought he’d seen everything — until he entered a pitch-black cave along the Albania–Greece ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible ...

Learn more about how scientists uncovered an unlikely community of arachnids in Europe’s Sulfur Cave and why these spiders ...

You might not recognize the name Tegenaria domestica, but you’ve probably seen one. Known as the “Domestic House Spider” or ...

Silk decorations in spider webs aren’t just for show. They may help spiders “hear” their prey through vibrations.

Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

o hunt for alien life, human scientists build bigger and more sensitive arrays in the hopes of picking up a radio transmission from a faraway world. It turns out that Larinioides sclopetarius, also ...

Spiders play a key role in forest food webs, where they regulate decomposer populations and may act as predators of pests and disease vectors. Spider community composition is determined in part by ...

Spiders are normal inhabitants of any ecosystem, but when they start building their webs inside your home, things can seem ...