Arachnophobes might cherish the idea of a world without spiders, but consider this: Without them, the planet would be covered in a thick, wriggling blanket of other bugs. Researchers writing in the ...

TCU researchers say testing for mercury in spiders could help us know when fish are safe to eat. When Matt Chumchal sees a spider in his house, he releases it safely outside. This is partly because ...

All the spiders in the world combined annually eat about 440 to 880 million tons of insects and other pests — equal to the weight of more than 85 million elephants, according to a new study. That's a ...

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A professor at a Maryland university is asking for the public's help with tracking the movements of the giant Joro spider, a ...

ISU entomologist Ginny Mitchell...with a friend. As the chilly weather settles in, Iowans may find several species of spiders are also settling in — inside our homes. One expert pleads, don’t squish ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, rare and bizarre species of carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars. After hatching, the tiny insects live almost their entire lives in the web of a ...