The milky specks known as hummingbird mites are among the most skilled hitchhikers in the world. They live their lives inside ...

When spiders self-amputate two of their legs, they quickly adjust their running gait so they can return to full speed ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Filled to the brim with advanced features like prehensile spider legs that emerge from the back, this high-tech costume takes its cues from the “Iron Spider” suit from the comics. The metallic ...

Co Cavan A spider covered with sporating Gibellula - the spiders legs can be seen sticking out of the fungus He said the fungi have no nervous system or brain but can manipulate the behaviour of ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

Oh what a tangled web we weave when the multiverse becomes part of Spider-Man canon. The Spider-Man film franchise started simply enough, with 2002’s “Spider-Man.” Fast forward 20 years and ...

You can find a sea spider living in marine habitats all over the world, from shallow waters to the deep sea. They have the same eight legs you'd expect from land spiders, and like most species of ...

You can find a sea spider living in marine habitats all over the world, from shallow waters to the deep sea. They have the same eight legs you'd expect from land spiders, and like most species of ...

Surprisingly, the team found that the spiders (but only adult males) are using their legs to smell. Commonly known as the wasp spider for females' striking striped appearance, Argiope bruennichi ...