Researchers have finally figured out how slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) are so accurate when they fire their webs at prey. Everything from the timing to the angle at which they fire their ...

New research has identified how social spiders evolved different ways of hunting in groups. While these spiders have evolved socially similar behaviors -- living in large family groups that share both ...

Wolf spiders often make a home in piles of wood, garages or humid basements so they can catch their prey. AMNH/R. Mickens USA TODAY NETWORK As the weather heats up in the summertime, wolf spiders ...

As winter comes to an end, I’ve been noticing the rustling of life under and on top of the snow. On warm days the snow fleas are busy hopping about on the surface of the snowpack feeding on algae and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Long before modern predators stalked Madagascar’s forests, ...

All over the world, fruit orchards are patrolled by a group of superpowered ice spiders. Winter is tough for everyone. Everything from bears to bees hunker down for winter, waiting in their dens or ...