Fear can distort our perceptions, psychological research indicates, and creepy-crawly spiders are no different. People who are afraid of spiders see the arachnids as bigger than they actually are ...

Your fear of something can make it appear larger than it is, psychologists have shown, most recently with spiders. The more someone feared spiders, the more they overestimated their size, a study ...

People who are afraid of spiders see the arachnids as bigger than they actually are, recent experiments have shown. Fear can distort our perceptions, psychological research indicates, and creepy ...

As tarantulas fall, they appear to react like Spiderman — shooting threads of silk from their feet (spiders don't have hands). The move lets them avoid falls that could prove fatal to their ...

Horrifying Video Shows Giant Wasp Paralyze Tarantula so Living Spider Body Can Host Egg for Weeks. Published Nov 20, 2017 at 11:05 AM EST Updated Nov 20, 2017 at 11:28 AM EST.

Look out, here comes the spider van. A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley, California is being blamed for causing a massive traffic accident that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital. The ...

Here's the epic description of the death scene from a paper on the find: "The snake (snout-vent length 390.60 mm) was found dead, with severe damage to the anterior and middle regions of its body.

Science Still Can't Explain Why These Tarantulas Are Blue. The spiders’ brilliant colors are the work of a still-mysterious evolutionary force. By Nadia Drake. November 27, 2015 ...

To give an idea of the spiders' speed, imagine a 2.1-inch (5.5 centimeters) tarantula. On average, the spiders moved about four body lengths a second at 62 F (17 C), and about 10 body lengths a ...

The tarantula joins a small but select group of ambitiously hungry spiders, which already includes this huntsman in Australia that tried to eat a mouse while clinging to the side of a refrigerator.