In what can only be described as a web of horrors, scientists have found that “slingshot spiders” are able to shoot themselves with an acceleration of 4265 feet per second squared. I.e. these spiders ...

Fall is sometimes called spider season because you're likely to see the arachnids around more than usual, spinning their webs all over your yard (and maybe your house). They're laying eggs that will ...

Eight legs. Weird body shapes and colors. Hair. Eight or more eyes. Sticky webs. Alabama has about 100 species of spiders that can legitimately freak people out, but there are only two that are likely ...

Daddy long legs might not be what you think. They're quite unlike their arachnid cousins, the spiders, and they only use six ...

Deep beneath the border of Albania and Greece, scientists have uncovered a natural marvel: the world’s largest spider web, sprawling across 106 square meters in a toxic, sulfur-rich cave. This ...

Diane Barger and her family moved into a farmhouse outside Kansas City, Kansas, six years ago. They were looking for fresh air and country living. What they found were thousands of eight-legged ...