Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...

If spiders had nightmares, the larvae of ichneumonid wasps would have to star in them. The wasp lays an egg on the back of an orb weaver spider, where it grows fat and bossy, and occupies itself with ...

They say reality is stranger than fiction. With Halloween just around the corner, we wanted to explore the creepier side of ...

A parasitic fungus is creating so-called zombie spiders from the United Kingdom to Minnesota. Scientists say the fungus progressively eats away at the arachnids, leaving behind only crusty white ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...