The spider Hemsworth was handed in at one of the park’s drop-off locations in Newcastle, a coastal city around 75 miles north of Sydney ... with male spiders typically smaller than females.

You may also hear these arachnids referred to as the zipper spider or writing spider ... Yellow garden spiders are easy to find across North America, particularly in sunny areas with plenty ...

Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Orb weavers are known for their classic, geometric webs. The infected spiders altered their usual routines. The first “zombie” spider was found on the ceiling of an abandoned underground ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland ... noted that fungi’s part in the spider-population dynamic still requires further ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider was first described in 1877. Since then, scientists have developed a better understanding of funnel-web spiders and how they are related, describing more types of ...

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has declared a statewide state of emergency in advance of a coming winter storm.“This storm will likely bring significant impacts from snow, sleet, and ...

President Donald Trump will visit North Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24, for one of his first trips of his second term, as the New York Post first reported, and Gov. Josh Stein later confirmed.

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...

The Gibellula attenboroughii in the gunpowder store was on a dead orb-weaving cave spider, the Metellina merianae. These spiders usually inhabit the caves but will also inhabit dark human-made ...