SPIDERS

It's also called the peacock tarantula, but you may want to think twice before picking one up.

Great, just what we needed—flying spiders.

Take a closer look the next time you decide to lean against a tree.

Kim was the only regal jumping spider willing to participate in the researchers' study.

Turns out it's been laying low in England for nearly 50 years. 

Eight legs, eight eyes, no fears.

Arachnophobes, read no further: These massive spiders, mostly native to southeast Asia and Australia, can’t be dispatched by a shoe or a rolled-up newspaper.

From cartwheeling to venom-spitting, spiders have developed a lot of odd behaviors.

We all know about the fish-zapping powers of the electric eel, but what about the platypus, the dolphin, or the spider?

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a Selenops.

Whether it’s one creeping around some dark corner of your house or crawling over its web in a field or forest, most spiders we encounter are found on solid ground. Some spiders aren’t entirely earth-bound, though. They’re also also masters of air travel a