Daddy-long-legs, which look like spiders with thin legs much longer than their bodies, are generally seen as harmless. But according to many versions of a popular rumor, daddy-long-legs are actually ...

Throughout history, tales of giant spiders have gripped the human imagination — from Arachne, the half-woman, half-spider figure in Greek mythology to J'ba Fofi, the rumored monkey-size spider of the ...

We see a black funnel web spider with a red mark on its underside. It's on the brown dirt and its four front legs are raised, showing its fangs. We see a black funnel web spider with a red mark on its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are over 45,000 species of spiders in existence, but ...

Eight legs, fangs, and a whip-like tail. That's what scientists found preserved in amber in Myanmar, but they're having a little trouble figuring out what exactly it is. From what they can see, it ...

For the past day, people around the world — at least the ones who can get past a certain spider video without screaming “kill it with fire!” — have been engaged in a rigorous debate about whether ...

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