Kansas State University entomologist Jeff Whitworth adds another scary warning: “And they’re watching you with multiple eyes and fangs made for sucking blood.” But unlike the Addams Family of 1960s ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

If you’re scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn’t help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake cobwebs and horror movies depict giant spiders hunting humans or creeping around ...

For residents of the southeastern United States, fall signals the return of Joro spiders—huge, bright yellow arachnids from Asia—haunting porches, gardens, and just about anywhere big enough for ...