The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.

On a sunny day in late September, Arty Schronce glanced out the screen door of his Atlanta, Georgia, home and noticed something unusual: a female cardinal perched on a spiderweb. At first, Schronce ...

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Red Dead Redemption 2 players have unearthed a new 'Spider Dream Mystery,' a complex puzzle involving time-specific spider ...

The Tarantula Nebula, seen in this image by the Spitzer Space Telescope, was one of the first targets studied by the infrared observatory after its launch in 2003. The telescope has revisited it many ...

Deep inside a pitch-black chamber on the Albanian–Greek border, scientists have stumbled upon something straight out of a nightmare: the world’s biggest spider web. “This is one of the first examples ...

Although they're frequently called insects, spiders belong to a closely related class called arachnids. Spiders are helpful to people because they feed on harmful insects. Spiders aren't aggressive or ...

There are over 50 species of tarantula native to Argentina. Learn more about them in our complete list of tarantula species ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Web-Head was left to fend for herself against Creature X when Spider-Man’s spider-sense knocked ...

Tarantulas are one of the most well-known types of spiders. There's a reason fake tarantulas are sold at Halloween — some people think they're creepy. But others like them and keep them as pets. No ...