A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Spiders are not out to get you and actually prefer to avoid humans; we are much more dangerous to them than vice versa. Bites ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

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

This Halloween, take a walk through the shadowy corners of research and discovery: where viruses hunt bacteria, dragonfish ...

Natural spiderwebs are good at capturing DNA from the environment, but artificial webs are cheap and provide better control – ...

According to a recent study published in Ecology and Evolution, scientists found that the spider that appeared to be one ...

Every year, spiders kill about 20 people worldwide. That’s fewer than scorpions, lightning strikes, or hippos—and a tiny ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a nighttime hike in search of spiders, with Lisa Gonzalez of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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

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