Named for David Attenborough, this fungus forces spiders away from their webs before sprouting from their bodies.

Many people are scared of spiders, and that's for understandable reasons. After all, no one would want to come upon this huge ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

Researchers have examined the remarkable jumping abilities of male and female Australian peacock spiders, revealing sex-specific differences. These spiders use a unique semi-hydraulic system to jump, ...

Oh what a tangled web we weave when the multiverse becomes part of Spider-Man canon. The Spider-Man film franchise started simply enough, with 2002’s “Spider-Man.” Fast forward 20 years and ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...

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Spider-Man has been fortunate enough to be one of those superheroes adapted to many video games, starting in the 70s and going up to the 2020s, with dozens of games in the Marvel hero's history.