Children will be enthralled with how this black and yellow spider will rush out and wrap its prey in a silken cocoon.

Looking to learn spider facts, including which spiders are lurking in your garden? The three most common garden spiders in North America are the black and yellow, silver and banded. While you might ...

Spiders and their webs seem to be everywhere in the fall. We found out the reasons we notice more spiders showing up in the ...

It's that time of year when a couple of creepy crawlies get a lot of attention. And that brings us to today's Bug of the Week ...

Spiders, snakes and centipedes are bellwethers of a healthy environment. The presence of numerous spiderwebs is an encouraging sign, because an alarming phenomenon is being reported in several ...

CLEMSON — Joro spiders have made their emergence, a new sign of the unofficial end of summer and the start of the web-laden spooky season. They can be seen as smaller nymphs in May, and their size and ...

The saga of the large invasive Joro spiders that parachute through the air isn't over. A new study found that the critters with 4-inch-long legs are truly built differently, with hearts that are able ...

All habitats depend on predators to keep things in balance. Your garden is a habitat full of wildlife, and while predators like the praying mantis and the ladybug tend to be celebrated, there’s ...

Each summer, the air is filled with what looks like cottonwood down but is really a host of infant spiders, riding the wind on silken parachutes. Thanks to E.B. White's charming story, "Charlotte's ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday, ...