A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid ...

Spider venom evolves with diet. Species that eat mammals may have venom harmful to humans. Web use doesn’t affect venom ...

Not only is Hemsworth the most enormous funnel web spider in Australia, but he was also discovered to be a new species.

As the onset of summer nears, so too do warmer temperatures and mating season for many of the nearly 900 spider species in ...

You may have spotted a small flash of bright green in your garden or hedgerow and wondered what it was - chances are, you’ve ...

There are three major types of diseases that affect blue spruce trees: needlecasts, tip blights, and canker diseases. The two ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

A wolf spider’s main predators are reptiles, rodents, and birds. These arachnids are either grey, brown, or yellow ... The wolf spider is the largest species of spider found in Michigan.

In a valley in the Andes, a fluorescent creature was discovered as a new species. Ojanguren-Affilastro AA, Alfaro FM, Iuri HA ...

These are pests of the cool, wet times of spring and early summer. They hang out in moist, mulched beds and they come out to ...