Strategies to Keep Winter Pests Out of Your Home. The best way to get rid of winter pests is to keep them out in the ...

Once an insect or even small lizard blunders into this line, they are trapped and the web springs, suddenly pulling the prey closer to the spider.

Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively wait for their prey to find its way into their web. Instead, ...

A trapdoor spider, known only as “Number 16,” was first documented to science in 1974. Amazingly, it survived until 2016.

There are over 25,000 different types in Northern Ireland. Minibeasts are small creatures, like worms, snails, insects and spiders. The scientific term for them is invertebrates, which means that ...

The backstory: Entomologist Sarah Han grew up in California with a vested interest in spiders. Scientists knew that the tiny ...

Ordinarily, a spider will tackle prey after it becomes stuck in its web. But a team of researchers have discovered one ...

Scientists discovered that these spiders aren't just relying on sight. They're actually listening for their prey.

Slingshot spiders use sound-sensitive hairs to launch catapult-like webs, capturing prey with lightning speed and efficiency.

Armed with a net and trident, fisherman gladiators were a staple of Rome's gladiatorial games. Their best chance of survival ...