The University of Dayton men’s basketball team needed some last-second heroics to beat the Richmond Spiders on Wednesday ...

Scorpions are creatures that can make anyone stand frozen after a single glance. These creatures look intimidating, with their spiked tails and large .

Nearly 90 percent of insect and arachnid species in North America lack conservation status, leaving major gaps in biodiversity protection.

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"We found that when people received a paired image of an arachnid versus another arthropod, they strongly prefer looking at ...

To assess the state of our creepier, crawlier neighbors, Figueroa and her graduate student, Wes Walsh, the paper’s lead ...

An interdisciplinary team at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is using state-of-the-art eye-tracking technology to pinpoint the physical characteristics of spiders that may contribute to the unease.

Whether it’s a sudden dash across the garage or a silhouette in a backyard web, spiders evoke fear in many people — and University of Nebraska–Lincoln researche ...

Members of the arachnid class—think spiders, scorpions and harvestmen (daddy long legs)—are often the targets of revulsion, disgust and fear. Yet, they are crucial for ecosystems to thrive. Given the ...

Whether it's a sudden dash across the garage or silhouette in a backyard web, spiders evoke fear in many people. But ...