In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory hairs called wall-pore sensilla on their legs as a “nose” to detect the sex ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

Male and female black widow spiders may belong to the same species, but they differ in many significant ways. Female black widows are famous for their glossy black bodies and the red hourglass ...

Male wasp spiders use the hairs on their legs ... which is released by female spiders as a sexual signal to attract males. The authors identified similar structures on the legs of males of 12 ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...

“The spider manipulates the flashing signals of male fireflies ensnared in its web to mimic the typical flashes of a female ...

When a male spots a female, they swoop in to mate. Spiders have somehow figured out a way to actively take advantage of this, not just inserting themselves into the process but actively and ...

The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is one of Australia's most iconic arachnids. It's a member of the widow spider family, closely related to the black widow spider. They're famous for their ...

He's the biggest spider." Typically, female funnel-web spiders are larger than their male counterparts. Australian Reptile Park employees thought Hemsworth was a female at first due to his size.

Park staff first thought it was a female spider due to its size. However, upon closer inspection, they soon realized it was a male. According to the Australian Museum, the average length of a ...