If you’re exploring nature in California this fall, there’s a chance you could be sharing the trail with one of the largest ...

Discover the truth — and a few debunked myths — about the octo-legged, cobweb-spinning, lurking arachnid: The spider.

First, the most frightening of the bunch: spiders. I get it, they’re not the prettiest, nor the most inviting, but they are so important, and honestly a little cute (in my opinion). The most obvious ...

Uncover the golden fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, a 450-million-year-old arthropod, offering rare insights into ancient ...

"[These] forums show that people collect spiders a bit like people collect Pokemon – they want to 'catch 'em all'," says Alice Hughes, associate professor of biology at the University of Hong Kong ...

That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology professor at Oxford University, who announced this week that he had ...

The male spiders are most frequently spotted crawling ... the more secretive females to mate with,” said Ron Ruppert, a biology professor at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo.

even other spiders. And don’t forget, if you find one in your pocket, you should be getting some money soon. Susan Pike, a researcher and an environmental sciences and biology teacher at Dover ...

The species, Lomankus edgecombei, was discovered at New York's Beecher's Trilobite Bed, a site famous for exceptional preservation that reveals fossils in stunning detail.

Wolbachia, a common bacteria found in about half of all insects on the planet, was detected as members of GGC’s biology department were studying the genetic makeup of Joro spiders found in the ...

The findings are detailed in a study published October 29 in the journal Current Biology ... Arthropods include modern spiders, horseshoe crabs, centipedes, and insects. This new species ...