While the song is largely known as “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” today (at least in America—more on that in a bit), an earlier version of the rhyme had a much more general title: The song is ...

That’s right, “Itsy Bitsy Spider” is an all-time classic. Kids love it, from the story to the gesticulation. But what is the meaning and history of the rhyme and its pantomime?

One of these “Manstrosities” wasn’t a man, but Spider-Man and Deadpool’s “daughter”: the blue-skinned, six-armed Itsy Bitsy, who introduced herself to her “daddies” with a twist on ...

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone. If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for a powerful listening device.