It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

Some of the more common spiders in the Kamloops and Okanagan regions are the shiny black widows, the tiny jumping spiders, ...

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, and when to worry about a bite, according to entomologists.

If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all such spiders are dangerous, with some often mistaken for the notorious ...

Some spiders live for less than a year, while others live for more than forty. They eat frogs, lizards, mice, and bats; the largest spider, the Goliath birdeater tarantula, does, in fact, eat birds.

O ccurrence: Brown recluse and black widow spiders prefer cool, dark places and are more likely to be found in an attic, garage, or basement. Many bites occur when a sleeping person rolls over on ...

The American nursery web spider, seen here, is often mistaken for a wolf spider. The latter species was recently rumored to be attracted to a certain body cream. This is the latest in centuries of ...

The spider’s lower-resolution secondary eyes catch a glimpse of the looming spot in the corner of the video screen and prompt the primary eyes to shift away from the cricket to get a better look.

Brown recluse spiders are about the size of a U.S. quarter with legs outstretched. They range in color from tan to dark brown but are often golden brown with no stripes or bands on the legs. They have ...

1. Black and yellow garden spider: In upland meadows the most spectacular of our native species is the black and yellow garden spider, a member of the orb-weaver group. This includes a number of ...

Jumping spiders are a kind of carnivorous, predatory spiders that feed on many pest insects and other spiders. There are over 300 species in North America, but the most common is called Phidippus ...