Just as the weather starts to turn, the spiders start to come out. Spider season has arrived for western Washington.

A Costa Rican pirate spider lives up to the family name: It tricks closely related orb weaver spiders into “walking the plank,” right to their doom. Like any respectable pirate, pirate spiders have an ...

Prevention is the best approach to keep brown recluse spiders from nesting in your home, says Kris Bagnara, associate ...

According to new research, the massive invasive Joro spiders are spreading throughout the U.S. and are not likely to go away anytime soon. They were first spotted in the U.S. in Georgia from 2013 to ...

Though these webs make for delightful dawn photos, I’m not so sure that the spiders appreciate the fog and dew.

What if a spider could play the harp? OK, sure, there aren’t spider virtuosos in little tuxedos out there performing harp concerts. But there is a harp-like musical instrument inspired by a spider’s ...

Spiders give some folks the heebie-jeebies, but web-weaving arachnids produce a unique, versatile material that could be the ...

A new study shows that invasive Joro spiders are surprisingly "urban tolerant," which could enable them to take over cities and other urban areas across the U.S. East Coast. When you purchase through ...

A pest control expert says there are many species of spiders in the UK and some of them bite - here's what you can do to stop ...

Wolf spiders are among the most well-known spider species worldwide, fascinating with their hunting techniques as well as ...