Nocturnal spiders have been filmed capturing fireflies and keeping them in their webs to attract more prey, even intermittently checking on them over the course of an hour, according to a new study.

America’s wandering spider is a highly venomous species increasingly reported in parts of North America, challenging ...

Whip spiders (order Amblypygi) display a suite of fascinating behaviours underpinned by unique sensory adaptations that enable them to thrive in complex, nocturnal environments. Their elongated, ...

ENTMAIN copy 39088020348470 Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. "Spider webs are considered by many to be the most spectacular structures of the natural world. Their designs, their creation, and ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...

Researchers have been studying joro spiders to better understand the invasive species. New work indicates that under certain circumstances females may get aggressive and eat each other. Photograph By ...

Spiders are known to inadvertently ingest a little pollen along with their prey, and they do a small bit of nectar-feeding, said Curry, but none of the 40,000 species of spider was known to ...

Introduction -- The "hardware" of web-building spiders: morphology, silk, and behavior -- Functions of orb web designs -- Putting pieces together: tradeoffs and remaining puzzles -- The building ...