They’re described as yucky, creepy, or frightening and, according to a certain nursery rhyme, one of them "scared little Miss Muffet away,” but once you get to know them, you’ll realize that spiders ...

Mention spiders to people and many get the heebie-jeebies. Are they good? Are they bad? Are some good, and some bad? What role do they play in our world, other than evoking panic in many people? In ...

Spiders have woven their way into the mystical traditions and spiritual beliefs across cultures for centuries. These eight-legged architects of the natural world hold deep symbolic meaning beyond just ...

One of the quintessential images of Halloween just might be spiders: huge black, crouching, fanged spiders, ready to jump out from a shadowy webbed corner and bite! But as gardeners, should we view ...

Entomologist Sarah Han has always been into spiders. "I grew up in California and there are a lot of black widows," says Han. "I would keep them as pets. One day, one of them escaped. That's a mistake ...

It’s common to find spiders in our homes during the winter. While some spiders are in our homes year-round, others which normally live outside come in from the cold this time of year, increasing the ...

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The tiny ray spider uses launches its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice in the superhero world, this ability is actually... Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch ...