Spiders
Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border
Published in the journal Subterranean Biology, the find marks the first documented colonial behavior in Tegenaria domestica and Prinerigone vagans.
Rare wolf spider not seen since 1985 rediscovered on remote nature reserve
Spider webs and beetles frozen in gold: Inside the Amazon Basin’s groundbreaking amber discovery
New research hints: Spiders came from the sea
Fungus named after David Attenborough turns spiders into mind-controlled 'zombies'
After manipulating spiders to leave their lairs, the fungus kills and mummifies them to release spores.
Rare mating ritual created a ‘Rain of Spiders’ in Brazil
Biologists explain the spiders are mating on massive webs, creating the illusion of 'spider rain'.
Here's what Australia was missing: 'Big Boy' is a palm-sized super-venomous spider
"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer".
Scientist names 16 new spiders, including 'Rainbow Spider,' after pop idol Jay Chou
The Excuse spider, named after a track from Jay Chou's 2004 album, shares its title with China's best-selling album this century.
Chlamydia-related bacteria had infected brown widow spiders around the world - BGU study
The study concluded that "spiders from Israel were more likely to carry Rhabdochlamydia than those from the US and South Africa."
Electric blue species of Tarantula found among Thailand's mangrove trees
The blue coloration on the spider's back and legs is exceptionally unique, the color blue otherwise being almost unseen in nature.
Camel spiders' hidden evolutionary tree uncovered by Israeli researchers
They aren’t spiders and don’t bug dromedaries, but a scorpion that existed before the disappearance of dinosaurs.
Venomous 'banana spider' scare temporarily closes Austrian supermarket
The REWE-Group also stated that they had brought in a specialist to identify the spider and that the shop would remain closed until the spider had been identified.
This wasp can paralyze its victims for 8 months - TikTok biologist
Biologist Andrew Legan collected a tarantula that had been paralyzed by a hawk wasp to study the effects of the wasp’s venom on the arachnid.
Less parasitism and predation: Why brown widow spiders thrive in the city
The research team compared egg sac parasitism in the urban invasive brown widow spider to the desert white widow spider, the latter of which is native to Israel.
Black widow spiders declining because brown widows hunt them down - study
The study sheds light on a web of confusion regarding the decline of one of the most infamous types of spiders – and what could be causing it.
