Members of a worldwide photography group have taken close-up photographs of spiders wherever they have found them – and the results are astounding. Despite many of the photographers having ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Moxie Pest Control. People cite spiders are one of the scariest pests around. But whether small or big and hairy, these eight-legged arachnids have received a ...

DEAR JOAN: Any idea what this spider is called? It was found in Walnut Creek under a mailbox. I can’t seem to find it online. Thanks for any help! Joanie, Walnut Creek DEAR JOANIE: I believe it’s a ...

Spiders are intriguing creepy crawlies, and now, scientists have discovered that some spiders lure prey in using a terrifyingly smart tactic that may give you nightmares. The researchers made this ...

It’s Halloween and that means it’s time for a serious chat about an icon of Halloween creepiness: spiders. My first memory of spiders comes from a toy we got when I was around 7 years old (this would ...

QUEENSLAND, Australia -- This is sure to get your spidey-sense tingling. In what is just the latest in a long line of extraordinary Australian animal videos, a Queensland man spied a Huntsman spider ...

So scary things like snakes and spiders can hurt us, but they usually don’t. Still, many of us will jump on a chair at the sight of one of these creepy-crawlies. Why? Some researchers think that we ...