Every fall, thousands of male tarantulas abandon their burrows and roam the American Southwest, but the word "migration" ...

In ecology, the principle holds that the more diverse and heterogeneous a habitat is, the more different species it supports.

The concept of urbanization rests on the population distribution of human beings, more than 50% of whom now live near large, often densely packed groups of other people. But the consequences of that ...

Opening forest canopies to boost biodiversity may reduce spider diversity, as closed forests support significantly more ...

A horde of migrating spiders have blanketed an Australian area with webs following flooding. Many thousands, perhaps even millions, of the ‘ballooning’ arachnids went for higher ground in the ...

Scientists have discovered a new widow spider species in the Andes in South America. Latrodectus lucacha is a variant of the infamous black widow. The researchers described the habitat of the ...

Many people assume that releasing a house spider outdoors is a kinder alternative to leaving it inside. The logic seems ...