slender legs covered in fine hairs that help them move quickly. A bold black line runs along each side of their tan or light brown body, making them easy to identify. Unlike wolf spiders ...

Wolf spiders are noted for their running pace ... Females have a body about the size of a vast pea and thin legs. The guys’ red markings are frequently less unmistakable. The body is light brown with ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

for a study investigating how reproduction trades off with immune function in a wolf spider species that provide parental care. Kirschman's research found no trade-off between reproductive effort ...

When threatened by a predator, spiders can detach their legs in a process called autotomy – up to 40 per cent of wild spiders have missing legs as a result. Their legs fully grow back when they ...

I hate spiders ... Wolf Man doesn’t involve the lycanthrope action or metamorphosis, but instead features an enormous arachnid. And only making the sequence freakier is the fact that the four ...

Too many Americans tell me they won’t travel to Australia as we have too many things that will kill them! No!!!! Here’s how ...

Spiders, their venom and their silk pose many unsolved questions for science. A new study provides clues to better understand these eight-legged creatures. Bioscientists at Trier University have ...

Surprisingly, the team found that the spiders (but only adult males) are using their legs to smell. Commonly known as the wasp spider for females' striking striped appearance, Argiope bruennichi ...

It is one of over 35 species of funnel-web spiders found in Australia. The spider’s body is 0.4-2 inches long, with legs around 2.36-2.75 inches long. Males are smaller than females, but the male’s ...

Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it’s surprising how much we still don’t know about them. One long-standing mystery was related to how spiders detect smells. Now, our latest ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Inside the Hilton Garden Inn in West Des Moines, a line of people waited to see some cool creatures Sunday morning for the Iowa Reptile Show. They can be great ...