While most people think of spiders spinning webs to catch prey, the Scytodes makes use of a different tactic to paralyze ...

The internet has been left reeling this week after a man shared the results of a year-old bug trap underneath his desk. On Sunday, Will from Colorado shared the terrifying picture of the bug trap with ...

Spiders ingeniously consume their old webs to recycle vital proteins and nutrients, a process crucial for energy conservation ...

A tiny spider lies in wait for its prey to approach, jaws agape. When the insect gets within striking range ... Snap! The hunter’s jaws clamp shut around the unsuspecting victim, all in a fraction of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- One day in late August, Tonya Smith was shocked to find a small black snake suspended in a spider's web under a deck chair at her home in Inverness. The snake was dead. A few ...

There is a need for safe and consistent management of the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, a toxic spider found in homes throughout Kansas and the south and central United ...

Biologists have discovered that trap-jaw spiders have a surprising ability to strike their prey at lightning speed and with super-spider power. On first glance, Mecysmaucheniidae spiders, which live ...