MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...

In a large-scale census of indoor bugs conducted by North Carolina State University, researchers found cellar spiders “in ...

In 1974, Main began a long-term study of trapdoor spider families and how they survive in the menacing bushland of southwestern Australia. Trapdoor spiders, as their name suggests, are burrowing ...

Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory ...