A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

Scientists at UC Davis have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close relative of Aptostichus simus, ...

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

The population of the large, brightly colored invasive species called the Joro spider has been growing in parts of the southern and eastern U.S. for years, and some researchers think it's only a ...

Venezuelan tarantulas have adapted to fill many different ecological niches. Learn more about the nearly 50 spiders native to ...