“Just like any other area of your home, your canvas prints accumulate dust, allergens, dirt and bacteria over time. If left, they can also provide the perfect hiding place for spiders,” explains ...

Children will be enthralled with how this black and yellow spider will rush out and wrap its prey in a silken cocoon.

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In Nebraska, one of the most common species you’ll see is the yellow garden spider, which you will find near tall grasses, ...

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Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be curious now. You may be accustomed to seeing banana spiders in their ...

Spiders that hunt in packs use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks, allowing them to kill prey hundreds of times larger than they could on their own. Of the 50,000 known spider species, just ...

Entomologist Sarah Han has always been into spiders. "I grew up in California and there are a lot of black widows," says Han. "I would keep them as pets. One day, one of them escaped. That's a mistake ...