We recently reported on a new discovery about those zigzags you see in spider webs. Silken decorations like these are known ...

Last week during a walk through the woods, I ended up with spiderwebs in my hair, on my face and on my shirt. I managed to avoid a few webs because I stared into eight eyes looking back at me before I ...

Right now, as you read this, more than 110,000 arachnids are crawling around the world’s largest spiderweb. The ...

Deep inside a pitch-black chamber on the Albanian–Greek border, scientists have stumbled upon something straight out of a ...

The saga of the large invasive Joro spiders that parachute through the air isn't over. A new study found that the critters with 4-inch-long legs are truly built differently, with hearts that are able ...

Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a Wichita Eagle article first published in 2022. You could be seeing one of two venomous spiders native to Kansas more often in your living space as it gets warmer ...

Spiders get a bad rap. Many people go to great lengths to avoid or get rid of them. Is it their otherworldly appearance? A concern about being bitten by a poisonous type or simply the idea of “creepy, ...

(Reuters) - Scary Joro spiders the size of a human hand are spreading across the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and heading north. The East Asian species is named after the mythical Japanese creature Jorogumo, ...

New York City is expecting invaders this summer, and they'll come in the form of parachuting Joro spiders. These massive spiders are originally native to East Asia, but they've been spreading across ...

UR senior running back Josh Vaughan rushed for a career-high 157 yards against Georgetown. Garrett Wilkins' first collegiate touchdown started off well. That is, until he tripped over the first-down ...