MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

Named Number 16, the spider helped scientists to unlock important information about the behaviour of an arachnid that can be found across Australia, including in domestic gardens. [Courtesy] The world ...

A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with cavers, has uncovered a remarkable trove of eyeless, cave-adapted invertebrates beneath the Nullarbor Plain. The ...

Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims ...

What makes her story remarkable is that until her death, this trapdoor spider was the oldest known spider in the world. Trapdoor spiders are called such because they don't spin webs like many others.

The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But University of Cincinnati ...

Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects. But University of Cincinnati biologists wondered: Do these mimics really look like insect faces or is ...