Female Asian hermit spiders gobble up their partners after mating, so males detach their penises and sometimes offer up an ...

The king cobra, at 18 feet, is the world's largest venomous snake, utilizing neurotoxic venom to kill large prey. Armed ...

A 10-month-old spider monkey at a Florida zoo had to have its arm amputated after it was involved in a freak accident.

"Spiders do not usually run towards people when they sense danger. This would be like humans running towards something like Godzilla," said spider scientist Sebastian Echeverri.

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

Today animal species’ names follow guidelines set ... German arachnologist Peter Jäger says he named his spider H. davidbowie for both purposes. “Of course,” he says of the singer ...

Mar. 7, 2025 — When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of ...

Michael Robison, 45, rescued Winston four years ago after authorities busted an illegal animal broker. Michael is the founder ...

A young spider monkey named Sully lost his arm after it got trapped in a mesh-style fence ... In a post on social media, the ...