Did you know North Carolina is home to two of the most venomous spiders in the U.S.? Many NC residents are well aware of these two fearsome species ... are generally dark brown or shiny black ...

The genus Aname contains spider species that are often strikingly beautiful, with iridescent bronze, gold, or silver hairs covering parts of their body. They make silk-lined burrows in the ground ...

There are six species of false widow spiders that live in the UK (Steatoda nobilis, Steatoda grossa, Steatoda bipunctata, Steatoda albomaculata, Steatoda triangulosa and Asagena phalerata). They are ...

Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to ... can be fatal—usually to small children, the elderly, or ...

Spider monkeys are large New World monkeys that live in tropical rainforests from central Mexico in the north to Bolivia in the south. There are seven species ... is the brown spider monkey ...

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution. By Joshua Rapp Learn There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor ...

Unlike your regular household spider, these species come from the same family as giant tarantulas and funnel-webs, as they dig burrows to catch their prey. These burrows are lined with silk and ...

They are often brown or black in colour with a stocky build, and are sometimes mistaken for funnel-webs. “While many trapdoor spiders are known to taxonomists, this particular species has never ...

A large spider with a brown cephalothorax (the fused head and thorax) and a tan-coloured abdomen that often has a characteristic ‘herring bone’ pattern. Six species of this group ... in size from the ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Unlike your regular household spider, these species come from the same family as giant tarantulas and funnel-webs, as they dig burrows to catch their ...

SYDNEY, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A team of Australian scientists has discovered 55 new species of wishbone spiders in a major study exploring some of the country's more remote ecosystems, the ...