October is not just spooky season but also mating season for spiders, meaning that the creepy crawlers are more prevalent in ...

Adult female Fen Raft Spiders can grow up to the size of your palm - but arachnophobes will be pleased to hear they are ...

The Indian Violet Tarantula, native to the Western Ghats, is a striking arachnid known for its shimmering violet-blue legs ...

Evarcha culicivora is an indirect vampire, a spider that drinks mammalian blood by preying on female mosquitoes that have previously fed off humans.

A species of spider avoids cannibalising its siblings while they are alive, but does not seem to have qualms about eating its brethren as soon as they die. This suggests some spiders come to tolerate ...