spiders

They're not really falling from the sky—but the reality is perhaps even more disturbing.

No, you probably aren’t eating any spiders in your sleep.

A spider capable of killing you in 15 minutes might one day save your life.

Including one of the most dangerous spiders in the world.

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.

RIP, Number 16.

Brazilian scientists gave a recenty identified cave spider the name Ochyrocera aragogue, after Hagrid's enormous pet spider Aragog.

Spiders do a lot more than spin webs.

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

Tom Houslay, Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY-NC 2.0

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.

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The next time you see a spider, maybe let it know you appreciate its hard work by leaving it be.

Scientists previously believed the tiny arachnids could only hear noises a few centimeters away.

They've evolved to be tiny, eight-legged musicians.

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

First off, they're not even spiders.

Jeff Daniels stars in Arachnophobia (1990).

'Arachnophobia,' Frank Marshall's skin-crawling cult classic, crept its way into theaters 30 years ago.

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