Spiders that hunt in packs use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks, allowing them to kill prey hundreds of times larger than they could on their own. Of the 50,000 known spider species, just ...

Some spiders wait for prey to come and tickle their web. But the ogre-faced spider (Deinopis spinosa) uses its sense of hearing to take its web to the prey. Hanging upside down, the spider weaves a ...

It’s a quiet autumn evening. You’re enjoying some TV, when an unscripted movement catches your eye. A large house spider ( ...

Spiders spin silken webs to capture flies and other tiny prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of DNA from the surrounding environment, a hidden resource that Australian scientists said could be used ...

If you're scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn't help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake ...

A family of spiders can catch prey many times their own weight by hitching silk lines to their quarry and hoisting the meaty prize up into the air. Tangle web spiders, in the Theridiidae family, are ...

Researchers observed a species of spiders using fireflies to catch prey. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Aug. 28 (UPI) --Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with their web by using ...

Spiders are intriguing creepy crawlies, and now, scientists have discovered that some spiders lure prey in using a terrifyingly smart tactic that may give you nightmares. The researchers made this ...

Jumping spiders are not only cute, but incredibly agile and fast. We take a look at some jumping spider species that can jump ...

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