A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike ...

The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials. They have a central structure ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

Each year, male brown tarantula trek across Colorado to look for ladies. From mid-September to mid-October, they leave the safety of their burrows to go on journeys that will take interesting turns as ...

Tropical orb-weaving spiders craft giant spider-like puppets in their webs. Scientists say the decoys may deter predators, ...

A review back in 2021 documented cases of spiders preying on snakes, turning up 319 reports from every continent except ...