When we think of spiders , we usually think that they use spider webs as traps to catch their prey. But...  ...as traps to catch their prey. But not all spiders do this ... Watch the net-casting spider u...

Take a closer look at this cute la...  ...surprised to find that it's actually a spider . Meet the Ladybird Mimic Spider (Ladybug Mimic Spider

Men, are you a lover and not a fig...  ...just an excuse - because as the malabar spider males show, you can be both. All you have...  ...To become both a lover and a fighter, the male spider Nephilengys malabarensis snaps off hi...

It sounds like a Hollywood movie...  ...lywood movie, but last month, a swarm of venomous spiders suddenly descended on festival-goers in...  ...the species, it is a highly aggressive spider . It leaps at anything that comes clos...  ...that comes close. Some of the victims claimed the *str...

Afraid of spider ? You're not alone - arachnophobia or fear of spiders is very common (it's been estimated tha...  ...omen in the Western world are afraid of spiders to some degree). But for some, spider...

It's flowers and diamonds for us...  ...t the gift that will get male nursery-web spiders some lovin' from potential mates is chewed-up bod...  ...parts—at least for nursery-web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis). In some populations of these...

Think of it as the reverse teflo...  ...of it as the reverse teflon question: if spider webs are so sticky, how come spiders don't stick to them? Scientists have now s...  ...camera and a microscope to record the spiders in minute detail....

The one who didn't get away. A m...  ...Here's a solution that the male orb-weaver spider Nephilengys malabarensis developed to i...  ...nks that this bizarre strategy, found in only two spider families so far, evolved to counter t...

Do you see anything strange in the picture abo...  ...'s a hint, it's not just a tree... yup, there's a spider in there too. Don't miss the rest of the great ca...

This spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois looks big enough to...  ...e by Louise Bourgeois looks big enough to swallow Spider Man whole, and probably should gobble up the webs...  ...t acquisition by hiring Craig Henningsen, star of Spider Man the Musical, to commemorate the...