World's largest-known spider's web reveals different species "having a party" instead of preying on each other

The behavior, which had never been observed before, stunned scientists as, typically, the larger house spider would prey on ...
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Scientists Discover Tiny Spiders Who Build Big 'Decoys' For This Clever Reason

If you were to quickly look at the image below, what would you think it was? At first glance, it seems to be a ...
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A Family Lived With 2,000 Venomous ‘Brown Recluse’ Spiders for Years: What Experts Found Left Them Speechless

For over five years, a Kansas family unknowingly lived with thousands of brown recluse spiders, one of North America’s most ...
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Tiny Tropical Spiders Build Giant Fake Versions of Themselves to Scare Off Predators

Learn more about two spider species that use their webs to create complex spider doppelgängers for protection from large ...
IFLScience

Jumping Spiders Display REM-Like Sleep Behavior, Suggesting Spiders Dream

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Nature

Whip Spider Behavior and Ecology

Whip spiders (order Amblypygi) display a suite of fascinating behaviours underpinned by unique sensory adaptations that enable them to thrive in complex, nocturnal environments. Their elongated, ...
AZ Animals

Meet the Spiders That Look and Smell Exactly Like Bird Poop

Scientists have discovered two new spiders with truly bizarre camouflage: not only do they look like bird poop, but they ...
Psychology Today

Spiders Are Smart, Not Scary

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...