Evelyn Cheesman had 200 insects named after her, got trapped in a giant spider's web and accidently sent a poisoned spear to ...

A West Sussex nursery owner was in for a surprise when a large venomous spider with a “huge appetite” arrived with his ...

An American and a Japanese were among people who helped identify the mystery spider sac photographed by a Singaporean. Read ...

Gradually, week by week, spring is coming, and wildlife species emerge. In local woods there are great tits, wood pigeons, ...

Spider webs combine complex principles of physics and chemistry to create one of the world's most remarkable substances. We explain how.

A nursery owner in West Sussex got a shock after an eight-legged stowaway was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba, ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

British Arachnological Society classified the species as Europe's largest back in 1989, but that hasn't fazed Jack Casson, a ...

The superhero has been the subject of many different animated TV shows dating back to the 1960s. Here’s how he has evolved.