The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

Spiders are some of the most common creatures we share our homes with. While they may seem scary at first, most house spider species are harmless and even helpful, keeping pest insects under control.

Spiders, often misunderstood creatures, can still surprise us. A recent study reveals that males use their legs to detect ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's ...

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named ...

It is important to put the bird's wellbeing first, no matter how excited you are to see these charismatic and endearing ...

A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular "Mandopop" musician Jay Chou. Mi Xiaoqi, a ...

Maine stopped issuing licenses to hunt New England cottontails in 2004, and added it to the endangered species list in 2007.

Beaty Biodiversity Museum Director Wayne Maddison has uncovered 30 to 50 never-before-identified species of jumping spiders as part of a Conservation International expedition to Papua New Guinea. The ...

Every year, scientists add thousands of new species to the scientific record, and here to talk through some of the coolest discoveries is NPR's science correspondent, Jonathan Lambert. Hey, Jon.

Castaway on a remote tropical island in the Atlantic Ocean, two new species of spider with a predilection for piracy were discovered by researchers. The spiders lurk in the threatened cloud forest of ...

Endangered species like Geoffrey’s spider monkeys highlight the urgency of these efforts. Their unique role in the ecosystem and their vulnerability to habitat changes emphasize both the challenges of ...