If you notice a tiny, strikingly colored spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock ...

The thorax, or front, of the spider’s body is white with a black bald patch, and the abdomen, or back, is bright orange.

If you notice a tiny, strikingly coloured spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock spider. New species of peacock spider are discovered every year; the ...

Tiny but destructive red mites which thrive in arid conditions have led to huge crop losses in northwestern Libya and ...

While the Joro spider hasn't officially made it to The Berkshires yet, Berkshire Community College professor of environmental ...

Americans consume over 400 million pounds of cranberries annually—20% of which occurs just on the week of Thanksgiving. But ...

Most people can tend to a jumping spider bite at home with simple first aid. If you are not sure what their bites look like, ...

Males, meanwhile, are tiny, at just 0.06 inches (1.6 mm), probably because they have no need to hunt large prey. Spider-tailed horned vipers (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) are incredible mimics ...

A clinical trial will test whether a synthetic version of a spider venom molecule can reverse tissue damage after a heart ...

The annual Small World photomicrography competition, now in its 50th year, puts life’s smallest details under the microscope.

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Tom Holland and Zendaya have read a draft of the script for the new Spider-Man movie. The two stars were excited about the ...