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Time Now For Some Gnarly Photos Of Spiders Eating Other Animals

2 years ago

Time Now For Some Gnarly Photos Of Spiders Eating Other Animals

George Dvorsky

New Tarantula Species Has Big, Weird, Floppy Horn

2 years ago

New Tarantula Species Has Big, Weird, Floppy Horn

Jake Buehler

Rare Spider Fossil Preserves 100-Million-Year-Old Glowing Eyes

2 years ago

Rare Spider Fossil Preserves 100-Million-Year-Old Glowing Eyes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Imagine Walking Into This Wall Of Spiders And Never Sleep Again

2 years ago

Imagine Walking Into This Wall Of Spiders And Never Sleep Again

Catie Keck

Spider Milk Is Real And Their Babies Love It, New Study Shows

2 years ago

Spider Milk Is Real And Their Babies Love It, New Study Shows

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Infected ‘Zombie Spiders’ Forced To Build Incubation Chambers For Their Parasitic Overlords

2 years ago

Infected ‘Zombie Spiders’ Forced To Build Incubation Chambers For Their Parasitic Overlords

George Dvorsky

Stop Using Blowtorches To Kill Spiders In Your House

2 years ago

Stop Using Blowtorches To Kill Spiders In Your House

Catie Keck

British Town Blames Spiders For Ghostly Sound Of Children Singing At Night

2 years ago

British Town Blames Spiders For Ghostly Sound Of Children Singing At Night

Andrew Liszewski

Viral Facebook Post About A ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across The US Is Totally Fake

3 years ago

Viral Facebook Post About A ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across The US Is Totally Fake

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading Farther North Than Ever Before

3 years ago

Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading Farther North Than Ever Before

George Dvorsky

Here’s A Photo Of A Tarantula And Wasp Fighting To The Death

3 years ago

Here’s A Photo Of A Tarantula And Wasp Fighting To The Death

New Translucent Spider Discovered Living In Muddy Indiana Cave

3 years ago

New Translucent Spider Discovered Living In Muddy Indiana Cave

Jessica Boddy

Watch Tiny Crab Spiders Take Flight With 3-Metre Silk Parachutes

3 years ago

Watch Tiny Crab Spiders Take Flight With 3-Metre Silk Parachutes

Jessica Boddy

No One Wants An Arachnophobia Remake, But James Wan Is Giving Us One Anyway

3 years ago

No One Wants An Arachnophobia Remake, But James Wan Is Giving Us One Anyway

Beth Elderkin

This Stupid Tick Managed To Get Itself Wrapped In Spider Silk — And Then Fossilized In Amber

3 years ago

This Stupid Tick Managed To Get Itself Wrapped In Spider Silk — And Then Fossilized In Amber

George Dvorsky

Australian Scientists Found 23 New Spiders (And They Hunt On Water)

3 years ago

Australian Scientists Found 23 New Spiders (And They Hunt On Water)

Mad Scientists Taught A Predatory Spider To Jump For Them And Now We’re All Probably Doomed

3 years ago

Mad Scientists Taught A Predatory Spider To Jump For Them And Now We’re All Probably Doomed

Ed Cara

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

3 years ago

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

George Dvorsky

43-Year-Old Spider, Believed To Be The World’s Oldest, Dies In Western Australia

3 years ago

43-Year-Old Spider, Believed To Be The World’s Oldest, Dies In Western Australia

Don’t Bother Trying To Outrun This Creepy Spiderbot That Transforms Into A Rolling Wheel

3 years ago

Don’t Bother Trying To Outrun This Creepy Spiderbot That Transforms Into A Rolling Wheel

Andrew Liszewski

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

3 years ago

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

George Dvorsky

Eighteen Species Of Tweezer-Faced, Spider-Slaying Pelican Spiders Discovered In Madagascar

3 years ago

Eighteen Species Of Tweezer-Faced, Spider-Slaying Pelican Spiders Discovered In Madagascar

Jake Buehler

Virgin Velvet Spiders Allow Themselves To Be Eaten By Their Foster Kids

3 years ago

Virgin Velvet Spiders Allow Themselves To Be Eaten By Their Foster Kids

George Dvorsky

Australian Trapdoor Spiders Are So Hardcore They Crossed The Indian Ocean To Get Here

4 years ago

Australian Trapdoor Spiders Are So Hardcore They Crossed The Indian Ocean To Get Here

This Thumbnail-Sized Spider Shoots An 25-Metre-Long Web Bridge To Cross Rivers

4 years ago

This Thumbnail-Sized Spider Shoots An 25-Metre-Long Web Bridge To Cross Rivers

Andrew Liszewski

How Bad Are White-Tailed Spider Bites, Really?

4 years ago

How Bad Are White-Tailed Spider Bites, Really?

Ronelle Welton, Bill Nimorakiotakis

This New Mexican Cave Spider Is Ridiculous

4 years ago

This New Mexican Cave Spider Is Ridiculous

George Dvorsky

Idiots Try To Ship Venomous Snakes And Spiders To Australia, As If It Needed More

4 years ago

Idiots Try To Ship Venomous Snakes And Spiders To Australia, As If It Needed More

Matt Novak

Australian Scientists Inject Spider Venom Into The Brain To Protect It From Strokes

4 years ago

Australian Scientists Inject Spider Venom Into The Brain To Protect It From Strokes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Amount Of Food Spiders Eat Each Year Will Haunt You For The Rest Of Your Life

4 years ago

The Amount Of Food Spiders Eat Each Year Will Haunt You For The Rest Of Your Life

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A US Company Is Making Ties From ‘Spider Silk’ Fibres

Science & Health

4 years ago

A US Company Is Making Ties From ‘Spider Silk’ Fibres

First Scientific Account Of A Tarantula Eating A Snake Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

4 years ago

First Scientific Account Of A Tarantula Eating A Snake Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Good News, Ghost Spiders Can Fly

4 years ago

Good News, Ghost Spiders Can Fly

Eve Peyser

This Spider Came To The Wrong Neighbourhood

Science & Health

4 years ago

This Spider Came To The Wrong Neighbourhood

Great News, Spiders Are Pretending To Be Leaves Now

4 years ago

Great News, Spiders Are Pretending To Be Leaves Now

Australia’s Version Of ‘Pizza Rat’ Is This Enormous, Rodent-Toting Spider

4 years ago

Australia’s Version Of ‘Pizza Rat’ Is This Enormous, Rodent-Toting Spider

Maddie Stone

Spiders Just Became Even More Terrifying

4 years ago

Spiders Just Became Even More Terrifying

This Perverted Sex Act Prevents Male Widow Spiders From Getting Cannibalised

4 years ago

This Perverted Sex Act Prevents Male Widow Spiders From Getting Cannibalised

George Dvorsky

Spiders ‘Tune’ Their Webs Like Guitar Strings

4 years ago

Spiders ‘Tune’ Their Webs Like Guitar Strings

George Dvorsky

Scientists Found Even More Of These Delightful Australian Peacock Spiders

5 years ago

Scientists Found Even More Of These Delightful Australian Peacock Spiders

Darren Orf

Horrifying Footage Reveals The Lightning-Fast Chomp Of Trap-Jaw Spiders

Science & Health

5 years ago

Horrifying Footage Reveals The Lightning-Fast Chomp Of Trap-Jaw Spiders

George Dvorsky

Watch A Spider Spin Its Intricate Web And Then Use It To Catch Prey

5 years ago

Watch A Spider Spin Its Intricate Web And Then Use It To Catch Prey

Casey Chan

Spider Bondage Exists And It Is Gnarly As Hell

5 years ago

Spider Bondage Exists And It Is Gnarly As Hell

George Dvorsky

Use This Type Of Light Bulb To Combat Hordes Of Insects This Summer

5 years ago

Use This Type Of Light Bulb To Combat Hordes Of Insects This Summer

Esther Inglis-Arkell

These Eight New Whip-Wielding Spiders Will Haunt Your Nightmares

5 years ago

These Eight New Whip-Wielding Spiders Will Haunt Your Nightmares

Esther Inglis-Arkell

Johnny Cash Has A New Arachnid Namesake

5 years ago

Johnny Cash Has A New Arachnid Namesake

Maddie Stone

Behold The First Erect Penis Ever Found Preserved In Amber

5 years ago

Behold The First Erect Penis Ever Found Preserved In Amber

George Dvorsky

Spider Silk Is Even More Incredible Than We Thought

5 years ago

Spider Silk Is Even More Incredible Than We Thought

Esther Inglis-Arkell

Who Needs Stars When You Can Gaze At Spiders Through Your Telescope?

5 years ago

Who Needs Stars When You Can Gaze At Spiders Through Your Telescope?

Mika McKinnon

We Still Don’t Know Why The Heck There Are So Many Blue Tarantulas

5 years ago

We Still Don’t Know Why The Heck There Are So Many Blue Tarantulas

Maddie Stone

Scientists Analysed Spiderweb DNA, And The Results Are Super Creepy

5 years ago

Scientists Analysed Spiderweb DNA, And The Results Are Super Creepy

Maddie Stone

This Spider’s Mate Breaks Her Genitals So She Can’t Have Sex Ever Again

5 years ago

This Spider’s Mate Breaks Her Genitals So She Can’t Have Sex Ever Again

Diane Kelly

Here’s How Spiders React When They Get A Dose Of Venom

5 years ago

Here’s How Spiders React When They Get A Dose Of Venom

Esther Inglis-Arkell

Catherine Scott Spent All Of Friday Afternoon Waiting For Her Spiders To Have Sex

5 years ago

Catherine Scott Spent All Of Friday Afternoon Waiting For Her Spiders To Have Sex

Diane Kelly

Science & Health

5 years ago

Tiny Dancing Spider Crickets Could Lead To Better Robotics

Jennifer Ouellette

These New Spider Species Just Want To Be Your Friends

5 years ago

These New Spider Species Just Want To Be Your Friends

Kiona Smith-Strickland

NSW Scientists Discover A Massive 30-Year-Old Funnel Web Spider

5 years ago

NSW Scientists Discover A Massive 30-Year-Old Funnel Web Spider

Campbell Simpson

We’re Another Step Closer To Impotence Drugs From Spider Venom

6 years ago

We’re Another Step Closer To Impotence Drugs From Spider Venom

Diane Kelly

Science & Health

6 years ago

Dashing New Australian Species Of Peacock Spider Just Wants To Get Funky

Diane Kelly

This Is How To Find The Spiders That Are Staring At You In The Dark

6 years ago

This Is How To Find The Spiders That Are Staring At You In The Dark

Kiona Smith-Strickland

Male Black Widows Go To Crazy Lengths To Keep A Female To Themselves

6 years ago

Male Black Widows Go To Crazy Lengths To Keep A Female To Themselves

Diane Kelly

Surprise — Some Male Spiders Can Feel Sex, After All!

6 years ago

Surprise — Some Male Spiders Can Feel Sex, After All!

Diane Kelly

Spiders Sail Kilometres Across Water To Colonise The World

6 years ago

Spiders Sail Kilometres Across Water To Colonise The World

Maddie Stone

Scientists Are Spinning Spider Silk Without The Spiders

6 years ago

Scientists Are Spinning Spider Silk Without The Spiders

Maddie Stone

Wolf Spiders Play Leaf-Vibrating Songs To Attract Mates

6 years ago

Wolf Spiders Play Leaf-Vibrating Songs To Attract Mates

Kiona Smith-Strickland

Spiders Dosed With Graphene Can Spin Stronger Silk

6 years ago

Spiders Dosed With Graphene Can Spin Stronger Silk

Jamie Condliffe

In The Future, Spider Silk May Help Grow Your Replacement Heart

6 years ago

In The Future, Spider Silk May Help Grow Your Replacement Heart

Maddie Stone

This Incredible Robotic Arm Prints Plastic Like A Spider Makes Silk

6 years ago

This Incredible Robotic Arm Prints Plastic Like A Spider Makes Silk

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

This Spider Catches Prey With A Web Of Electrically Charged Silk

6 years ago

This Spider Catches Prey With A Web Of Electrically Charged Silk

Sarah Zhang

If You Don’t Want A Smashed Phone, Don’t Text And Walk

6 years ago

If You Don’t Want A Smashed Phone, Don’t Text And Walk

Four-Acre Spider Web May Be The Grossest Thing You’ll See This Week

6 years ago

Four-Acre Spider Web May Be The Grossest Thing You’ll See This Week

Jesus Diaz

The Legs On This Puppy-Sized Spider Are 30cm Long

6 years ago

The Legs On This Puppy-Sized Spider Are 30cm Long

Adam Clark Estes

A Spider Apparently Crawled Inside This Australian Man’s Body For Three Days

6 years ago

A Spider Apparently Crawled Inside This Australian Man’s Body For Three Days

Adam Clark Estes

Australian Study: Our Hot, Bright Cities Are Spawning Gigantic Spiders

7 years ago

Australian Study: Our Hot, Bright Cities Are Spawning Gigantic Spiders

Alissa Walker

Scientists Discover That Spiders Kill And Eat Fish Too

7 years ago

Scientists Discover That Spiders Kill And Eat Fish Too

Jesus Diaz

How Spiders Tune And Play Their Webs Like Strings On A Guitar

7 years ago

How Spiders Tune And Play Their Webs Like Strings On A Guitar

James Baker

City-Dwelling Spiders Build Webs That Don’t Work

7 years ago

City-Dwelling Spiders Build Webs That Don’t Work

Ashley Feinberg

Alien Monsters Or Awesome Spiders, I Just Love These Little Guys

7 years ago

Alien Monsters Or Awesome Spiders, I Just Love These Little Guys

Jesus Diaz

Badass Spider Uses Insect Corpses To Make A Giant Spider Design Decoy

7 years ago

Badass Spider Uses Insect Corpses To Make A Giant Spider Design Decoy

Casey Chan

Staring At These Spiders Straight In The Eyes Is Sucking My Soul Away

7 years ago

Staring At These Spiders Straight In The Eyes Is Sucking My Soul Away

Casey Chan

Nobody Knows What Built These Weird Little Web Structures

7 years ago

Nobody Knows What Built These Weird Little Web Structures

Adam Clark Estes

Science & Health

8 years ago

Arachnophobics Beware: This Creepy Spiderbot Is Incredibly Lifelike

Andrew Liszewski

Silk: Nature’s Homespun Supermaterial

Science & Health

8 years ago

Silk: Nature’s Homespun Supermaterial

Jamie Condliffe

Researchers Can Now Easily Recognise Spiders Based On Their Web Design Skills

Science & Health

8 years ago

Researchers Can Now Easily Recognise Spiders Based On Their Web Design Skills

Andrew Liszewski

Spider Blamed For Sydney House Explosion. Yes, Really.

8 years ago

Spider Blamed For Sydney House Explosion. Yes, Really.

This Australian Spider Is Frightening And Beautiful At The Same Time

8 years ago

This Australian Spider Is Frightening And Beautiful At The Same Time

Michael Hession

RIP Spidernaut: The Space-Travelling Arachnid Is Dead

Science & Health

8 years ago

RIP Spidernaut: The Space-Travelling Arachnid Is Dead

Leslie Horn

Spidernaut Spends 100 Days In Space, Returns Home A Hero

Science & Health

8 years ago

Spidernaut Spends 100 Days In Space, Returns Home A Hero

Leslie Horn

It’s Not A Good Idea To Kill A Giant Spider With Brass Knuckles

8 years ago

It’s Not A Good Idea To Kill A Giant Spider With Brass Knuckles

Casey Chan

Here’s A 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating A Wasp

Science & Health

8 years ago

Here’s A 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating A Wasp

Casey Chan

Spiders Love To Chase Lasers Too, Just Like Cats

Science & Health

9 years ago

Spiders Love To Chase Lasers Too, Just Like Cats

Jesus Diaz

These Male Ants Are Copulating With A Dead Queen While A Spider Eats It

Science & Health

9 years ago

These Male Ants Are Copulating With A Dead Queen While A Spider Eats It

Alan Smithee

Why Spiders Don’t Stick To Their Own Webs

Science & Health

9 years ago

Why Spiders Don’t Stick To Their Own Webs

Andrew Liszewski

Spiders Spin Out After NSW Floods

9 years ago

Spiders Spin Out After NSW Floods

Violin Strings Made By Spiders Sound Smooth As Silk

Science & Health

9 years ago

Violin Strings Made By Spiders Sound Smooth As Silk

Jamie Condliffe

Milking A Black Widow Looks Just As Crazy As It Sounds

Science & Health

9 years ago

Milking A Black Widow Looks Just As Crazy As It Sounds

Casey Chan

Detachable Spider Penises Allow For Sneaky Escapes From Cannibalistic Mates

Science & Health

9 years ago

Detachable Spider Penises Allow For Sneaky Escapes From Cannibalistic Mates

Andrew Tarantola

I Believe There’s A Giant Spider On Your Back

9 years ago

I Believe There’s A Giant Spider On Your Back

Andrew Tarantola

If Spider-Man Went Into Fashion, This Is What He’d Make

Science & Health

9 years ago

If Spider-Man Went Into Fashion, This Is What He’d Make

Jamie Condliffe