Thanks to science, the deadliest spider in the world revealed a long-held secret that could have implications for those who ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

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They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

However, there's one good reason why you shouldn't squish any spiders you come across in your home. The first issue is that ...

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

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Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to ...

The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.