The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice ...

Spider silk production This golden orb-weaver spider has seven kinds of silk glands, and each one creates its own liquid protein (called spidroid). The proteins are solidified and combined in ...

The cephalothorax combines the head and thorax into one body segment. Compared to the cephalothorax, the abdomen is usually the larger part of a spider’s body. The abdomen contains much of a spider’s ...

Black Widow Spider. Image via Unsplash The black widow is perhaps the most infamous poisonous spider in the U.S. Noted for its glossy black body and the red hourglass marking on its abdomen, the black ...

The first new species is Idris bianor, named after the spider genus it parasitizes, according to the study. Its body length ...

Key Points Spider egg sacs can appear different, depending on the spider species. Spiders prefer to lay their egg sacs in out-of-the-way, low-traffic, and dark spaces. Removing spider sacs is easy ...

While you might think that we've learned all we need to from feeding spiders illegal drugs, people working at NASA in the ...

Most spider bites only cause minor symptoms, like red skin, swelling, and pain at the site. You can tell you’ve encountered a spider bite because you’ll be able to see faint puncture marks in ...

The spiders hang egg sacs “like small golf balls” from the cave ceilings, according to officials. These sacs, which can contain as many as 50 babies, have also been disturbed by visitors.

The spiders hang egg sacs “like small golf balls” from the cave ceilings, according to officials. These sacs, which can contain as many as 50 babies, have also been disturbed by visitors.