A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

Shooting great documentary footage requires some luck, and a BBC nature series hit the jackpot while filming in Northern ...

This year has secured some “major nature wins”, from spoonbill breeding success to an impressive comeback for one of the UK’s largest spiders, conservationists said. Other wins for nature in ...

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...

Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...

As winter grips and colder mornings arrive, Matty Graham suggests taking close-up shots of the dew-covered webs in your ...

Jess joined Newsweek in May 2022 and previously worked at Springer Nature. She is a graduate of ... have just discovered a brand new species of spider—and it instantly became the most venomous ...

The Art and Science of Arachnids” is an interactive, educational and fear-free celebration of the eight-legged creatures. The exhibit runs through May 4 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln ...

You're more likely to spot egg sacs than the spider eggs themselves. Spider egg sacs (not "egg sacks") are small, round or teardrop-shaped bundles made of silk. They're often white, cream or pale ...

We’ve all heard some variation of this rumor: the average person “eats” eight spiders a year. And this isn’t a reference to the FDA’s standards for bug bits in food – this delicacy ...

Spiders effectively turned into zombies by a deadly fungus have been discovered in caves in Ireland, a new CABI study has ...