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

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

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

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 ...

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.

We totally get it; seeing a spider scurry across the floor is enough to make anyone jump. It's natural to want to grab the closest shoe or rolled-up magazine and go for the kill. But there are several ...

Crimson red ladybug spider with surprising scientific characteristics has been discovered in Morocco and named Eresus rubrocephalus.

The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but jumping spiders are ...