Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

In an unexpected twist, a non-venomous spider has been caught poisoning its victims by lacing its silk wrappings with vomited ...

Though you might prefer to believe that spiders rarely find their way into your immaculately clean home, that's almost ...

With summer here, more spiders and bees are coming. Read to learn about the pain of spider bites and bee stings, and which ...

Most spider species subdue dinner by injecting venom from their fangs. Feather-legged lace weavers swathe prey in silk, then upchuck a killing brew.

I’m willing to bet many of you have, he’s a Jumping spider! I’d also guess that quite a few believe they’ve been bitten by ...

Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

They may creep some of us out (and you can bet that us includes yours truly), but we’ve all got our own little spot in the ...

More information: Xiaojing Peng et al, Beyond venomous fangs: Uloboridae spiders have lost their venom but not their toxicity, BMC Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s12915-025-02248-1 ...

In this symbiotic relationship, bacteria take up real estate on the spider’s exoskeletons, and in return, the microbes convert carbon-rich methane and oxygen into sugars and fats the spiders can ...