From their unique vision to fascinating hunting techniques, find answers to your most frequently asked spider questions.

Most spiders have eight eyes, but they don’t always have great vision. Some rely more on their other senses, like feeling vibrations, to catch their food. Spider silk is super lightweight but also ...

The chief concern about the Joro spider is that it might outcompete natives for space on the landscape in Massachusetts.

What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful back legs. They belong to a family of spiders called ...

Spiders can appear threatening, scary, or even cute, but the three most common spiders in Massachusetts are harmless to ...

Last week, CCMS hosted grade-level assemblies to highlight the importance of student attendance. As of Oct. 9, 151 students ...

The close association of spiders with Halloween probably comes from medieval times when it was believed that if you saw a ...

It’s tarantula mating season in Colorado and spider aficionados are traveling from as far away as California to see the annual matchmaking rituals. As Colorado’s public radio news recently ...

Late summer and early fall can show many different spiders as they stretch between shrubs and trees by the house, in the yard ...

when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in droves. Scientists, spider ...

The mere mention of the word spider causes many people to recoil in fear. This reaction even has a name (along with a movie!) ...

Halloween approaches on a witch’s broom, or maybe on eight legs. Because for the much-maligned spiders among us, this is their moment in the spotlight: the creepiest part of a good Halloween display.