One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests.

Have you been seeing more venomous spiders in and around your Georgia home lately? Here’s how to identify them and keep them ...

Spiders and scorpions have ruled as terrestrial predators for 400 million years, with their success often attributed to adaptations for life on land.

Finely preserved brain features in a tiny marine arthropod fossil suggest that arachnids – spiders and their close kin – may ...

Don't reach for a shoe the next time you find a spider in your home. Squishing some types of spiders can create even bigger ...

The Arizona brown spider, not to be confused with the brown recluse, inflicts a nasty bite that often results in a nasty wound. COURTESY OF THE ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM ...

The bright contrast of yellow and black on a spider may make it look very scary, but most do more good than harm. Here's how to identify friends and foes.

California has its share of spiders, but which ones are dangerous? Here are 10 common brown spiders in California.

In Colombia’s Middle Magdalena region, a patchwork of forest corridors is linking up isolated populations of the critically endangered brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus). Composed of native and ...

Here’s how to identify the brown recluse, along with another common Kansas spider species.