When I was seven years old, I developed arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. How did this happen, you might ask (and I know you did, because I have spidy-senses)? I was looking at the windowsill at my ...

Several of the largest spider species in the United States combine impressive body size with powerful fangs and defensive bite behavior. While not all are highly venomous, their physical strength and ...

America’s wandering spider is a highly venomous species increasingly reported in parts of North America, challenging ...

Logan finally reunites with Mariko in Spider-Man and Wolverine #10, but will Arachnix crash the party before they can kiss ...

For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...

Spiders have long been the subject of myths, misconceptions, and outright fear. These eight-legged creatures often get a bad reputation, with many people suffering from arachnophobia—the irrational ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. You wouldn't expect a critter as tiny as a spider to instill as much fear as it does in something as ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

The diminutive spider measures in at less than a quarter of an inch in size and was discovered on a remote nature preserve Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has ...

Entomologists working on the Isle of Wight in England rediscovered a species missing for 40 years. Screengrab from the National Trust Isle of Wight’s Facebook post The year was 1985. “Back to the ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

A brown recluse is seen in this file photo. It is one of several species of spider you may spot inside your Kentucky home this fall. stphillips Getty Images Most spiders mature in late summer or fall ...