If you're spooked by spiders, this may not be the pet for you, but one local woman is proving these eight-legged crawlers can ...

The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an ...

Even if you’re scared of spiders, you may find the little jumping spider cute. With its oversized eyes and inquisitive nature ...

Many lovers of spiders profess a lifelong fascination with all things creepy crawly. Heather Bruen’s affinity for spiders was borne out of necessity. Tolerance turned to acceptance, and “accidentally ...

Jumping spiders, which use their four pairs of big eyes to spot prey so that they can pounce, can spend a lot of the night just hanging around—literally. The gorilla jumping spider, Evarcha arcuata, ...

In late summer and fall, these small orange arachnids will stretch their circular webs across trees and porches in your yard ...

Learn about vampire spiders and their love of human blood, which they're able to salvage from blood-carrying mosquitoes.

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

Discover spider insights from Dr. Echeverri, a science communicator, author, wildlife photographer, and spider expert.

For Emily Hess, it was a Phidippus regius named Gretel. Hayden Shea's first was caught by her boyfriend's dad. Sunday Costell ordered her first one off eBay. "I went from selling three to four a week ...