A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

Black widow spiders, scientific name Latrodectus mactans, are among the most venomous of all arachnids. They are found in North America, and their bite can be fatal in some cases. If you found a ...

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

And now, new research has uncovered a ladybird spider in the wilds of a cork oak forest in southern Morocco — and it’s unlike ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (CBS/AP) — There are more creepy-crawlies than previously known in Maine. The Maine Forest Service's newly released Checklist of Maine Spiders identifies 677 different species of ...

A new spider species from among the harsh dry lands of southern Morocco has amazed the scientific world with its face, a feature scarcely found in its.

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

I'm brushing my teeth this morning in the bathroom, when I see a small spider on the wall. 'Cool', I think, 'I'll snap a picture and identify it.' Bend down to rinse, spit, bend up, and it's gone.

Discover how the diving bell spider constructs a silk platform underwater and uses it to trap air and make a diving bell.