Imagine feeling excited about wearing that beautiful dress you stored away for a special occasion. But when you take it out, a spider jumps out. How upsetting! With over 2500 species found in North ...

From spiders that hunt fish and lizards to baby earwigs battling it out, here’s your chance to get up close and personal with 10 terrifying spiders and insects. 0:00 Intro to 10 Terrifying Spiders & ...

Louisiana is home to numerous different species of spiders, since the state's warm climate and diverse landscape makes for the perfect environment for the arachnids. While most spiders in Louisiana ...

Spiders are often referred to as insects, but this is incorrect. Although spiders and insects belong to the same massive group of invertebrates with jointed legs and exoskeletons (arthropods), spiders ...

As Halloween nears, the forests, dunes and porches of northern Michigan play host to a range of eerie arachnids. Some are striking in color, others haunting in size or stealth, and all of them are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A trapdoor spider, known only as “Number 16,” was first ...