Spiders are everywhere on Earth. Scientists have identified around 45,000 known species, but estimates suggest there could be ...

Think you found a black widow in Ohio? These spiders are often misidentified and are actually quite passive.

Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing mystery was related to how spiders detect smells. Now, our latest research has ...

In ecology, the principle holds that the more diverse and heterogeneous a habitat is, the more different species it supports.

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...