For some people, the sight of a spider egg sac is incredibly unsettling. They may be tempted to immediately destroy or remove it from the home, assuming that the progeny that emerges will be dangerous ...

We totally get it; seeing a spider scurry across the floor is enough to make anyone jump. It's natural to want to grab the closest shoe or rolled-up magazine and go for the kill. But there are several ...

In West Bengal, India, researchers searched for spider egg sacs. Joy Amed via Unsplash Across the regions of West Bengal, India, a group of researchers were on the hunt for the egg sacs of spiders.

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. I have a confession to make. From ...

A bite from this arachnid won't give you as many problems as black widow bites, but it's still no fun. [Shutterstock/Courtesy] Israeli researchers have discovered that brown widow spiders, a global ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Giant Jorō spiders are spreading across the US at an alarming rate, as scientists warn of unknown impact on local ecosystems.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state's coastal sand dunes. "These are absolutely beautiful spiders living among the California ...