Tagged With Spiders

The special properties of spider silk and what science can learn from it

Alexandra Appolonia, Ben Nigh, Andrea Schmitz

13 creepy photos of the microscopic world around us that will make your skin crawl

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Thousands of tarantulas are emerging from the ground in the San Francisco Bay Area, looking for mates

Aylin Woodward

What's really going on inside an insect-munching venus flytrap

Elizabeth McCauley, Shira Polan

Kim Kardashian found 3 terrifyingly large tarantulas in her Calabasas home, and there could be more of them on the way

Ariana DiValentino

A woman in Missouri thought she had water in her ear but it was actually a venomous spider

Kelly McLaughlin

You're more likely to be killed by a dog or cow in the US, than a shark or crocodile. Here's where the 11 deadliest animals live.

Andrea Schmitz, Benji Jones

The cops showed up when a man in Perth was heard screaming: 'Why don't you just die?' — that's when things got really scary

Kelly McLaughlin

10 signs you have a spider bite — and what to do if you have one

Rachel Murphy

Spiders are blanketing a Greek town in webs, and the pictures are incredible

Janaki Jitchotvisut

Veterinarians saved a tarantula named Spidey that got trapped in duct tape and the internet is falling in love with him

Talia Lakritz

How insects are trained for TV and movies

Chris Snyder

How this startup went from producing a synthetic spider silk to partnering with fashion icons

Katie Canales

What happens when a tarantula meets its worst predator

Emmanuel Ocbazghi, Jessica Orwig

Here's what happens when you get bitten by a black widow spider

Kevin Reilly

All you need to know about Australian huntsman spiders

Linda S. Rayor, Cornell University

Spiders eat up to 800 million tons of prey each year, more than all humans weigh

Kevin Loria

This $314 necktie is made of spider silk

Melia Robinson

This military device turns soldiers into Spider-Men

Corey Protin, Zach Wasser, Paul Szoldra

An Australian man filmed an encounter between two of the world's deadliest spiders on the wall of his house

Paul Colgan