Whip spiders (order Amblypygi) display a suite of fascinating behaviours underpinned by unique sensory adaptations that enable them to thrive in complex, nocturnal environments. Their elongated, ...

Spiders are generally not hostile towards human beings and only attack in self-defense; however, spiders are becoming more ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in ...

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 ...

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female. A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb-weaving ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

So who knew that serious biology research endeavors could be so funny? Just ask award-winning Aiken High graduate Aric Berning – a junior pre-med student at the University of Pittsburgh. How’s this ...

A male orb-weaving spider catapults off a female after mating. Survival could mean another chance to fertilize her eggs. This species forms colonies in which spiders have individual webs that are ...

With more than 40 years of research experience and nearly 200 publications to his name, George Uetz is an expert in arachnology — the study of spiders. But his illustrious career in this highly ...