They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Acting and directing talents are squandered in a bland Captain America reboot that can’t help but be crushed by all the boxes it needs to tick, and it's further bogged down by a convoluted plot and ...

Pangolin populations are in decline in Asia and Africa due to habitat loss and overhunting ... March 14, 2025 – National Save a Spider Day is a day to help reduce arachnophobia and make people aware ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

SEMO professor Lucas Kirschman wins a Royal Entomological Society Journal Award for his research on wolf spiders, revealing ...

If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

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I hate spiders. Be it in real life or up on the big screen, they freak the hell out of me, and even merely thinking about one crawling up my leg sends shivers down my spine. Because of this phobia ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...