Killing Spiders Makes Them Stronger

Spiders Can Hear You Entering a Room. Seriously, Watch It Happen. Earlier this year, researchers at Cornell discovered an alarming fact about spiders, specifically jumping spiders: They can hear, via long trichobothri ...

Spiders can hear you from across a room Jumping spiders are known for their eyesight, but a new study finds they — and other spiders — also have surprisingly good hearing.

These spectacular 'mirror spiders' have shapeshifting silver abdomens These are spiders with a big 'wow' factor.

These spectacular 'mirror spiders' have shapeshifting silver abdomens These are spiders with a big 'wow' factor.

Do Spiders Scout Out Locations First For Their Webs? Ah, spiders. We love to hate them. Yes: Walking into a spiderweb is creepy. But why is it so easy for us to walk into one in the first place? Do spiders purposely build their webs near humans? In a post...

Spiders That Love Human Blood Are Our Friends Think spiders are terrifying? It turns out that spiders with a taste for human blood are actually our allies in the fight against malaria.

Turkmenistan’s 'Gates of Hell' Now Attracting Tourists, Spiders The gas crater has been ablaze for over 40 years.

Why Are Humans So Afraid Of Spiders? Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies"? For some, the fear of spiders is innate and not learned. According to a duo of psychologists, spiders are an evolutionarily-persistent ancestral hazard that humans are especially attuned to -- Read more ... even when we’re not paying particular attention t…

How To: Get Rid of Spiders You can try to focus on the fact that spiders are theoretically beneficial to the home and garden, being that they snack on the other insects that might otherwise go unchecked. But for many, the truth about spiders doesn't make it any easier to sleep Read more ... at night, when you know there are spiders under t…