The bright contrast of yellow and black on a spider may make it look very scary, but most do more good than harm. Here's how to identify friends and foes.

Some orb weaver spiders add distinctive decorative elements called stabilimenta to their webs—dense zigzag patterns of silk that create visible designs in the web structure.

The orb-weaver spider Zygiella x-notata has been observed adjusting silk tension to filter out background environmental noise while amplifying vibrations in frequencies relevant to prey capture.

Hidden in the northwestern corner of the Sunshine State near the sleepy town of Chipley sits Florida’s tallest waterfall – a ...

Falling Waters State Park in Chipley showcases Florida’s tallest waterfall – a 73-foot cascade that plunges dramatically into a cylindrical sinkhole, disappearing into the earth like nature’s magic ...

The new species from Ecuador — with two long, pointy growths on its back — belongs to a genus, or group of species, not seen in 30 years, a study said.

In Britain, the list of spiders that could potentially cause health issues include the false widow, the tube web, woodlouse spider, cardinal spider, the walnut orb-weaver spider, wasp spider ...

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An interesting-looking spider that you may think is venomous is the arrowhead orb weaver (Verrucosa arenata). With a yellow abdomen shaped like an arrowhead, it is triangular and acicular.