The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...

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What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters ...

One Costco shopper got way more than she was looking for in the produce aisle, and it definitely wasn’t on the shopping list. TikTok creator Heather Sumrall (@heartofheather) posted the now-viral ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs. Trilobites Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations ...

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An 18-year-old man ate 40 pieces of sashimi — thinly sliced raw fish and seafood — at a family lunch to celebrate his acceptance into law school as an undergraduate, only to have his mother say he ...

ATHENS, Ga. — The Joro spider, Georgia's favorite invasive arachnid, may actually have a bit more bite than once was thought. Humans need not worry, the Joro is still not considered threatening for ...

Excited for the joro spider invasion?! Well if you’re an arachnophobe, this probably isn’t for you. But if you’re interested in wildlife and nature, you may have a chance to watch the large black and ...

You never know what you might find on a deep-sea dive. Crushing pressures can yield big discoveries, or in some cases, very small. Bianca Dal Bó is a recent graduate from LA’s Occidental College, and ...