Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be ...

Arachnophobia, the irrational fear of spiders, is widespread. Some estimates claim that about 6% of the population are arachnophobes. If you are one, my apologies for this column. But you’ve probably ...

Since I'm a biologist, friends and relatives sometimes assume I know a lot about the living world. In fact, like most people trained in the sciences, I know quite a lot about a relatively specific ...

Most spiders are land animals, but the fishing spider tends to spend most of its time dwelling on watery surfaces. Fishing spiders can walk on water, utilizing the watery body’s surface tension to do ...

If you want to watch a spider eat a fish -- and you know you do -- you need to think like a spider. First, go where the water is still: a windless lake, or a bend in a lazy stream. This is where fish ...

The weather loach, an eel-like invasive species of fish, was discovered in an Athens creek in November 2020. This brings light to the University of Georgia’s research involving non-native species, ...

During our summer visits to lakes, we'll frequently see some of the wildlife that lives here. Moose, deer and bears along with the more aquatic beavers, muskrats and otters are large and easy to see ...

Arachnophobes, please watch your step. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a creepy photo this week of a wolf spider matriarch carrying dozens of new hatchlings on her back over muddy ground.

You may be accustomed to seeing banana spiders in their expansive webs in corners of your yard, but did you know there are other large spiders in the state? In fact, the Palmetto State’s own state ...