This is a kind of jumping spider , and it's only about 5mm in size. The males have...

A new species of golden orb spider has been found in South Africa. It is the biggest...  ...has been found in South Africa. It is the biggest spider ever found that spins a web -and what a web it is...  ...he female of the new species of golden orb weaver spider has a body one a...

There are some 40,000 known species of spiders , but every single one of them is thought to be ca...  .... except this one. The Bagheera Kiplingi jumping spider of Central and South America is the first spider found to have an almost exclusively vegetarian di...  ...have an...

The largest piece of cloth ever made from spider silk measures four feet wide and eleven feet long...  ...long. To make it, 70 people collected golden orb spiders over four years! The spiders were then hooked up to a machine that extracted t...  ...up to a machine that extra...

German arachnologist Peter Jaeger has discovered 2...  ...logist Peter Jaeger has discovered 200 species of spiders in the past decade. Now he has named one of his f...  ...nger David Bowie. The new species, a large yellow spider in Malaysia, is called Heteropoda davidbowie. Jae...  ...d Heteropoda davidbowie. J...

Ever wish that itsy bitsy crab you had for dinner...  ...oconut crab, a Tasmanian giant crab or a Japanese spider crab? Who knows, with 13 ft of crab to deal with,...  ...article over at Cracked also features jellyfish, spiders , worms and other creepy crawlies you would love t...

The diving bell spider breathes air, but spends its life underwater! To...  ...s its life underwater! To achieve this feat, this spider spins a cocoon that works as an aqualung. The spider traps tiny bubbles of air in the hairs of her leg...

I don't know how effective this homemade spider catcher is, but it should be easy to make from a...

The city of Yokohama, Japan is welcoming two gia...  ...he city of Yokohama, Japan is welcoming two giant spiders to celebrate Expo Y150, the 150th anniversary of...  ...Y150, the 150th anniversary of the port city. The spiders are the work of La Machine and Artichoke. They di...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XwIXFFVOS...  ...travelling down a sand dune, the Saharan rolling spider (Araneus rota) is capable of rolling on its outst...