Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support.

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact ...

The thorax, or front, of the spider’s body is white with a black bald patch, and the abdomen, or back, is bright orange.

While many people perceive tarantulas and other arachnids are dangerous animals you should be afraid of, Eastern’s arachnid ...

While spiders are a popular scare at this time of year, Dan Bennett came across a creepy crawly at his home in Gallaghers ...

Spiders can appear threatening, scary, or even cute, but the three most common spiders in Massachusetts are harmless to ...

Dutch Creek Farm Animal Park in Shipshewana received a 21-day suspension of its Exhibitor License from the United States ...

Scientists at the University of Queensland have been studying the venom of the K'gari funnel web spider, an arachnid native to Australia.

A press release from the library said the program was designed so people can “earn a new appreciation for bats, spiders, ...

The Courier Express, in collaboration with Lola M. Smith, MS, lecturer in biology at Penn State DuBois, is republishing a ...