Urban legend has led many to believe that we eat spiders in our sleep, up to as many as eight a year. To put at ease the 3%-15% of people who suffer from arachnophobia (the intense and irrational fear ...

Excited for the joro spider invasion?! Well if you’re an arachnophobe, this probably isn’t for you. But if you’re interested in wildlife and nature, you may have a chance to watch the large black and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spider On Wooden Slat Most spiders pose very little danger to humans, including the notorious noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis) ...

Spiders are nature’s skilled architects, known for weaving intricate webs that act as traps and homes. Surprisingly, they don’t abandon old or damaged webs; they eat them. This behaviour allows ...

A limited menu of prey may weave a tangled food web by emboldening wolf spiders of multiple species to dine on each other and even cannibalize their own, says a study from the University of ...

Most spiders pose very little danger to humans, including the notorious noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis). But the half-inch predator does punch surprisingly far above its weight. According to a ...

A limited menu of prey may weave a tangled food web by emboldening wolf spiders of multiple species to dine on each other and even cannibalize their own, says a new study. A limited menu of prey may ...