You might think the bigger the animal, the more it should cost on both legal and illegal animal markets. These four creepy ...

A suspected spider smuggler has been caught in Peru with hundreds of tarantulas strapped to his body while he was leaving the ...

Click on the right arrow to see some additional views of this jumping spider. Biology in the background True to their name, jumping spiders hunt like cats and catch their victims by pouncing on them.

Online Dr. David Penning, a professor in the biology and environmental sciences department, said the MSSU Wildlife Society is ...

The unnamed 28-year-old South Korean had 300 tarantulas, around 100 centipedes and nine stinging bullet ants strapped to his ...

A South Korean man has been arrested after trying to fly out of Peru ’s capital with hundreds of tarantulas strapped to his body. The suspected smuggler concealed more than 300 spiders, around 100 ...

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Discover the truth — and a few debunked myths — about the octo-legged, cobweb-spinning, lurking arachnid: The spider.

The Biology Department at Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) is excited to announce the arrival of several rare and endangered animals, bri ...

The global arachnid trade is threatening the world's most famous spider species. And it's primarily driven by souvenir collectors.

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The male spiders are most frequently spotted crawling along dusty ... s young males looking for the more secretive females to mate with,” said Ron Ruppert, a biology professor at Cuesta College in San ...