When Devi Priyadarshini opened the image on her screen, she halted everything she was doing. High in the Indian Himalayas a tiny spider with a bright red grin across its back stared back at her from ...

There are some seriously beautiful spiders in the world, but the species we currently have a crush on is Eresus rubrocephalus, a kind of ladybird spider. It’s not just any ladybird spider, however, ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to navigate and also to evade predators. Male jumping spiders also jump to escape ...

Why scientists call it the 'ballista spider' The spider gets its nickname from the ballista, an ancient Roman siege engine designed to launch projectiles over long distances. Researchers say the ...

There's more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal sheet webs or tangled cobwebs that ensnare crawling insects. There's also ...