It can be pretty scary finding any sort of spider in your bath but imagine coming across one that has a leg span of 12 inches ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

An environmental advocacy group is suing the federal government to force regulators to decide if the American horseshoe crab, ...

Spiders are often treated as simple ambush predators, reacting only to what touches a web or wanders too close. Research over ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri is home to unique animals, arthropods, and you have a chance to get up close and personal with them through the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Amazing Arthropods ...

When Aécio Luiz was younger, finding wild beehives was routine in his rural Afro-Brazilian community of Córrego Narciso. A ...

Despite the high stakes, the tiny caterpillar in the lab in Albuquerque, N.M., was not given a name. It’s the last known ...

If you are hoping it can get too cold for ticks to survive in Pennsylvania this winter, the answer may disappoint you.

According to a recent study in Nature Communications, mosquitoes are increasingly spreading across the globe through trade ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Hunters for the Hungry is new to me, but it’s certainly not new. For over 25 years, this organization has provided fresh, ...