A paper recently published in Zootaxa documents the 48 species of ground-hunting spiders from the family Miturgidae, which can be found across Australia, particularly in arid habitats in open eucalypt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — There are several different types of spiders that can appear inside and outside of your home in ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Spiders have a reputation for giving some humans a fright, but a team of scientists has flipped the script to learn why one increasingly visible species seems to have an edge on handling stress. Jorō ...

A two-year study into the Australian wishbone spiders by experts from Queensland Museum, Western Australian Museum and the University of Western Australia has resulted in the description of 55 species ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

A new study has revealed why some spiders possess venom that is far more potent than others. By analyzing the venoms of more than 70 different spider species, the team explored whether factors such as ...

Know why they were already living inside, which species are genuinely house-dwelling, and the pest control role they play.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you." ...

It's spider season in the UK so more spiders than usual are appearing in homes — but there are ways you can keep them out.