Spiders are the master hunters of the insect world. Their agility, eyesight, and speed are second to none when it comes to catching prey. Driven by the need to feed, most wait in shadowed corners of ...

Wizzie Brown, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist, explains the different spider web styles spiders use to ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with their web by using fireflies as bait, according to a new study. Tunghai University researchers observed Psechrus Clavis a sheet ...

A family in the US spotted something impossible in their pool: a large wolf spider gliding across the water's surface like ...

Tangle-web spiders can catch prey up to 50 times their size thanks to their pulley system-like hunting strategy. Photo by Emanuele Olivetti It sounds like a scene out of a horror movie. A hapless ...

A spider that can construct an elaborate booby-trap to catapult prey directly into its web has been discovered lurking in the Australian rainforest. The nocturnal “ballista” spider spends hours at ...

Despite having more eyes than us, most spiders don't actually see much detail with their world, instead using vibration, air currents, touch and taste to sense ...

The brown recluse is an active hunter, spinning a web for place of shelter rather than a trap for unsuspecting prey. They are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ogre-faced spider or net casting spider of genus Deinopis. These nocturnal spiders have huge eyes allowing them to see during the ...