October is not just spooky season but also mating season for spiders, meaning that the creepy crawlers are more prevalent in ...

A rare trapdoor spider, Aptostichus ramirezae, discovered in Iran, features a tail-like appendage, a trait thought extinct ...

Evarcha culicivora is an indirect vampire, a spider that drinks mammalian blood by preying on female mosquitoes that have previously fed off humans.

The Indian Violet Tarantula, native to the Western Ghats, is a striking arachnid known for its shimmering violet-blue legs ...

A species of spider avoids cannibalising its siblings while they are alive, but does not seem to have qualms about eating its brethren as soon as they die. This suggests some spiders come to tolerate ...