A peculiar natural phenomenon has been leaving California residents watching the skies this month.
The annual ceremony celebrates some of the strangest science projects imaginable.
The young boy attempted to gain the powers of the fictional web-slinger by enlisting the services of a black widow spider.
A new study has highlighted the impressive (and sometimes bizarre) regenerative abilities of sea spiders.
A behavioral ecologist has made a fascinating discovery that could challenge what we know of arachnids.
As if one spider wasn't bad enough - imagine being set upon by 1,000 of them in a giant web...
It's a claim that has been doing the rounds for years, but just how accurate is it ?
A zoo in Australia has come into possession of one of the largest funnel web spider specimens ever found.
Scientists have determined that zinc-infused proteins enable spiders and insects to puncture tough skin.
Scientists have been studying what gives the rather unusual 'gympie gympie' tree such an excruciating sting.
Three boys in Bolivia recently got more than they bargained for when they tried to become Spider-Man.
A gargantuan funnel-web spider that is double the normal size for its species has been discovered in Australia.
Remarkable silk structures created by an unknown species of spider have been puzzling scientists for years.
A tour guide in South Africa recently posted up a photograph showing the fate of his prized goldfish Cleo.
When Liam Gomez felt a peculiar sensation in his ear, it signalled the beginning of his worst nightmare.
A woman in China recently came across this strange spider which has what looks like a face on its back.
Scientists have determined how sea creatures living in the depths of the polar oceans become so enormous.
Scientists have discovered that it may be possible to use spider silk to create muscles and actuators for robots.
Fossil spiders discovered in South Korea still have glowing eyes despite being over 110 million years old.
A Japanese spider crab was caught on film at SeaWorld San Diego shedding its shell like a suit of armor.