While the Joro spider season, which spans from August to October, is over, these creepy crawlies can still pop up ...

Spiders are normal inhabitants of any ecosystem, but when they start building their webs inside your home, things can seem ...

IT takes the shape of whatever the victim is most afraid of, and these are the 10 most terrifying forms that aren’t the dancing clown.

After a brief foray into creatures big, flashy, and famous, we must return to form and focus on the spineless, creepy, and crawling. Today we’re shining a spotlight on one of the most loathèd ...

Residents can learn about the importance of invertebrates and the threats they face at the Department of Environment and ...

Kit Prendergast discovered the bee while surveying a critically endangered wildflower and was drawn to the insect's unique ...

The species -- dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer -- was found in the state of Western Australia, Curtin University announced on Tuesday ...

Cave divers just discovered what is believed to be the largest spiderweb in the world, and it's as skin-crawling as you think.

The cavern along the border of Greece and Albania is home to a terrifyingly high number of two species of arachnids that live ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

As Halloween arrives, it’s the perfect time to spotlight some of Florida’s coolest and spookiest spiders —that aren’t so scary after all. Spiders are often misunderstood, but many are shy, harmless ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a nighttime hike in search of spiders, with Lisa Gonzalez of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.