They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Astronomers sifting through data from the Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in Western Australia, found themselves ...

An unexpected television signal traced to an airplane led to a new method for pinpointing unwanted radio signals, as growing ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at ...

Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.

A man in the Australian state of Victoria wanted to catch a giant crab spider with a glass food jar. But the hunt went ...

Researchers have examined the remarkable jumping abilities of male and female Australian peacock spiders, revealing sex-specific differences. These spiders use a unique semi-hydraulic system to jump, ...

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MELBOURNE, Australia — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed ...

A man in the Australian state of Victoria wanted to catch a giant crab spider with a glass food jar. But the hunt went differently than planned.