Spiders are some of the world’s most misunderstood creatures. These arachnids, which have been around for around 400 million ...

The garden spider is a very common type of spider that lives all over the Northern Hemisphere. They live in various outdoor habitats, so chances are good that you’ve seen one before without realizing ...

If a typical house has 5 or 6 rooms, plus hallways, the average figure would be around 10 spiders per room, which seems like ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Jumping spiders, a family of spiders found all over the world, have ...

Take a walk in French Guiana’s tropical rainforests, and you’ll encounter giant spiderwebs longer than a school bus. Inside, thousands of tiny, quarter-inch-long spiders wait for their prey to be ...

Arachnophobes, look away — there's a giant invasive spider that has reportedly arrived in the the tri-state area. Earlier this year, experts warned that Joro spiders could start showing up in ...

What Are Brown Widow Spiders? It seems everyone has heard of the black widow spider. But there is a little-known cousin that's becoming a pest in certain parts of the United States — the brown widow ...

Imagine that the world is shades of gray and a little blurry, almost as if your lousy peripheral vision has taken over. This fuzzy field of view extends so far that you can make out dim shapes and ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. Summer arrives, and with it comes an arachnophobic furor—frantic reports about the intrusion of recluse spiders ...

People tend to associate intelligence with brain size. And as a general guideline, this makes sense: more brain cells, more mental capabilities. Humans and many of the other animals we’ve come to ...