SPIDERS

Thousands of Rare Insects and Lizards Have Been Stolen From a Philadelphia Museum

Including one of the most dangerous spiders in the world.

This Bright Blue Tarantula Packs a Mean Bite

It's also called the peacock tarantula, but you may want to think twice before picking one up.

How Spiders Surf the Wind For Miles on Strands of Silk

Great, just what we needed—flying spiders.

5 Spiders That Can Hide in Plain Sight

Take a closer look the next time you decide to lean against a tree.

Watch a "Trained" Spider Named Kim Leap Six Times Its Body Length

Kim was the only regal jumping spider willing to participate in the researchers' study.

World's Oldest Spider Dies in Australia at the Age of 43—From a Wasp Sting

RIP, Number 16.

Scientists Name Brazilian Cave Spider After Aragog from Harry Potter

Brazilian scientists gave a recenty identified cave spider the name Ochyrocera aragogue, after Hagrid's enormous pet spider Aragog.

8 Ways Spiders Are Creepily Clever

Spiders do a lot more than spin webs.

The Tiny, Pretty Diamond Spider Isn't Extinct After All

Turns out it's been laying low in England for nearly 50 years. 

Watch a Spider Weave An Intricate Web in Less Than 5 Minutes

The process is mesmerizing, no matter which way you spin it.

Tom Houslay, Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY-NC 2.0

Scientists Catch Tiny Jumping Spiders Eating Frogs and Lizards

Eight legs, eight eyes, no fears.

5 Terrifyingly Huge Spiders

Arachnophobes, read no further: These massive spiders, mostly native to southeast Asia and Australia, can’t be dispatched by a shoe or a rolled-up newspaper.

10 of the World's Strangest Spiders

From cartwheeling to venom-spitting, spiders have developed a lot of odd behaviors.

Jurgen Otto via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0

Spiders Eat Hundreds of Millions of TONS of Bugs Every Year

The next time you see a spider, maybe let it know you appreciate its hard work by leaving it be.

Jumping Spiders Can Hear Just Fine, Thank You Very Much

Scientists previously believed the tiny arachnids could only hear noises a few centimeters away.

Watch This Cute Dancing Spider Entrance His Mate

If his dance moves don't impress, she eats him alive.

Spiders Tune the Strings of Their Webs

They've evolved to be tiny, eight-legged musicians.

7 Unexpected Animal Beauty Pageants

9 Animals That Use Electricity

We all know about the fish-zapping powers of the electric eel, but what about the platypus, the dolphin, or the spider?

This Skydiving Spider Can Target You From Above

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a Selenops.

Some Spiders Can “Sail” Across Water

Whether it’s one creeping around some dark corner of your house or crawling over its web in a field or forest, most spiders we encounter are found on solid ground. Some spiders aren’t entirely earth-bound, though. They’re also also masters of air travel a

15 Arachnophobic Facts About Camel Spiders

First off, they're not even spiders.

Jeff Daniels stars in Arachnophobia (1990).

18 Creepy Facts about Arachnophobia

'Arachnophobia,' Frank Marshall's skin-crawling cult classic, crept its way into theaters 30 years ago.

The Surprising Science Hidden in Charlotte's Web

E.B. White's famed children's book may contain talking animals, but it also maintains a surprising studiousness when it comes to the true science of arachnids.

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