spiders

Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed.

Like many wonders of nature, spider silk has remarkable properties that makes it outshine its manmade counterparts to this very day: their threads have have the same tensile strength — the amount of “stretch” a material can endure without breaking — as steel, but is only one-sixth as dense.

A 508-million-year-old arthropod is thought to share a common ancestor with spiders and scorpions.

From brewing whiskey to mixing perfume, turns out there’s a whole lot more to space travel than you thought.

When Spiderman used his web to halt a R160 New York City subway train before it plunged off the tracks, the results were realistic, according to new U.K. research.

Miniature spiders have been discovered in Peru that create large fake spiders in their webs.

A new spider species and arachnid family has been discovered in coastal forests of western North America.

Japanese automaker Mazda is recalling 52,000 of its mid-sized sedan Mazda6, not because of a defect with manufacturing, but due to spiders.

Since ancient times mankind has recorded several strange sightings of animals—frogs, fish, or insects—that fall from the skies.