Spiders

The deadly mating rituals, hunting tactics, web architecture, and generally misunderstood lives of spiders.

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A colorful adult female Joro spider. These arachnids are native to parts of Southeast Asia.
Animals

No, ‘flying’ venomous spiders are not coming for you this summer

By Laura Baisas

Close-up photos of ReachBot.
Animals

Daddy long-legs-inspired robot could one day squirm through Martian caves

By Mack DeGeurin

A tarantula with a mostly black body, but bright blue legs and pincers. Chilobrachys natanicharum is the first tarantula species found in Thailand’s mangrove trees. CREDIT: Yuranan Nanthaisong/ZooKeys.
Animals

Meet the first electric blue tarantula known to science

By Laura Baisas

Dead humback whale on beach from aerial view
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Dead whales and dinosaur eggs: 7 fascinating images by researchers

By Popular Science Team

A four-legged spider mite sits on a plant.
Animals

Before spider mites mate, one of them gets their skin removed

By Laura Baisas

These species were discovered in museum collections. They might already be extinct.
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These species were discovered in museum collections. They might already be extinct.

By Katarina Zimmer / Undark

Siler collingwoodi is a colorful, ant-mimicking spider found in China and Japan.
Animals

This spider pretends to be an ant, but not well enough to avoid being eaten

By Laura Baisas

An orb weaver spider spins a web in a forest.
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Spider glue might evolve faster than the spiders themselves

By Laura Baisas

A black widow spider side by side with a brown widow spiders, a fellow species in the same genus, Latrodectus.
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Black widows battle their even deadlier cousins in a brutal spider war

By Laura Baisas

Pitcher plant with two dead spotted salamanders captured for photography awards
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13 otherworldly photos that were actually taken on Earth

By Popular Science Team

a black and white ghostly image of a jumping spider hanging by a thin silk strand in a sleep-like state
Animals

Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream

By Lauren J. Young

two spiders entangled together mating
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These male spiders fling into the air to escape post-coital cannibalism

By Lauren J. Young

Spider in a web illustrating a story about new possibilities for cancer treatment.
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Spider silk proteins could be the key to future cancer therapies

By Michael Landreh / The Conversation

An image of a spider web to illustrate a story about a South American species of social spiders.
Animals

These spiders go off vibes to hunt in packs

By Maggie Galloway

Light brown tarantula with white discharge around mouth being attacked by a nematode worm on a bacteria backsplash
Animals

What do you call a tiny tarantula killer? Jeff Daniels.

By Purbita Saha

spiderweb
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Newly Discovered Spider Silk Properties Are Soundly Promising

By Thom Leavy

jumping spider
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Jumping spiders have a mysterious nighttime habit

By Ellie Shechet

A spider
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Your car is probably full of spiders

By Popular Science Team

Extreme weather is making these spiders extra feisty
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Extreme weather is making these spiders extra feisty

By Sara Chodosh

This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien
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This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien

By Alex Schwartz

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