Almost all amber from the past 130 million years was found in the northern hemisphere, so this deposit offers a rare window into southern Gondwana's humid Cretaceous forests.

Learn why a tiny fraction of spiders live in groups rather than go alone, showing social behaviors that may be linked with ...

Frozen in time 112 million years ago, an entire ecosystem preserved in amber has been unearthed from a quarry in Ecuador.

The redback spider's scientific name is Latrodectus hasselti. This black spider with a red back is part of the widow spider ...

Windows and fly screens are often the first things we see when we walk into a home, but rarely at the top of the ...

These spiders, known as pelican spiders, have an unsettling yet captivating appearance that makes them look more like ...

Spiders are part of a functioning ecosystem and are even beneficial in the garden because they eat many pests. However, most ...

Occasionally, something that defies the laws of logic and probability hurtles towards the ground, and it can be downright ...

It’s not enough that lesser frigatebirds harass other seabirds for no reason – they steal their rivals’ meals after they’ve ...

Each summer, the air is filled with what looks like cottonwood down but is really a host of infant spiders, riding the wind on silken parachutes. Thanks to E.B. White's charming story, "Charlotte's ...

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey's ...

There’s nothing like a proper place to raise young, a home and hearth to nurture for the future. Birds build nests for this explicit purpose: to lay eggs, incubate them, and protect chicks until they ...