Giant Jorō spiders are spreading across the US at an alarming rate, as scientists warn of unknown impact on local ecosystems.

Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the ...

From leopards hidden in luggage to over a hundred snakes stashed in a man’s pants, there are some absolutely wild stories of ...

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

Joro spiders have been spotted in areas across the county, but what are these invasive creatures? When will they be returning? Will they be expanding? While the Joro spider season, which spans from ...

And they’ve been spotted in Pennsylvania before. USA Today reports that the Joro spider — those rather large, black-and-yellow arachnids native to Asian countries like Japan that can move around by ...

Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids provide essential services for ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...

For some people, the sight of a spider egg sac is incredibly unsettling. They may be tempted to immediately destroy or remove it from the home, assuming that the progeny that emerges will be dangerous ...

Laurens County, South Carolina – During the classic spooky season plastic spiders greet trick-or- treaters in front yards and porches, but it’s also almost egg-laying season for the Joro spider, a ...

Roofman director Derek Cianfrance recently spoke about the Spider-Man Easter eggs and references in the crime comedy movie, beyond Kirsten Dunst. Notably, Dunst portrayed Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi ...