Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids provide essential services for ...

Few creatures fill people with as much dread and fear as spiders and snakes. In fact, many people develop an extreme, overwhelming fear of spiders (arachnophobia) or snakes (ophidiophobia), and these ...

This study with shocking results found that if all the spiders in the world organized, they could eat us all in just 12 months. The study was published by The Washington Post, and the results are set ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...