Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

Entomologist Sarah Han has always been into spiders. "I grew up in California and there are a lot of black widows," says Han. "I would keep them as pets. One day, one of them escaped. That's a mistake ...

Spiders are not the houseguests most people welcome. They crawl into corners, set up sticky traps of webbing, and have a way of appearing at the exact moment you don't want them to. While some will ...

Tens of thousands of male tarantulas are crawling out of their hiding spots in New Mexico as they look to mate.August through October is tarantula mating season for the Land of Enchantment, which ...