Some animals reproduce only once before dying. This life strategy, called semelparity, sees organisms channel all energy into ...

Males engage in a two-week-long sex marathon with as many females as they can find. Each frenzied encounter can last up to 14 ...

Australia, famously, is home to some of the most formidable wildlife on Earth, and its arachnid population is particularly legendary. From the huntsman to the orb-weaver, there are some extraordinary ...

While both are arachnids and spine chilling to behold, there are many differences between a male vs female black widow spider. You may not know just how many differences there are between them, and ...

In western Australia, in a patch of ancient forest undisturbed by people, researchers set up pitfall traps with the goal of collecting elusive spiders. Their survey yielded two rare female specimens ...

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species. One of the ...

Small, swift, and venomous, certain spiders rank among Earth’s most dangerous predators. Take the infamous Black Widow, known for sometimes killing and eating their male partners, or the hairy wolf ...

Finding a spider in a pair of shoes, a laundry basket, or in a closet is never a pleasant experience. As Australia is famous for its diverse creatures and its frightening spiders, people that live in ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Marines at this base south of Hiroshima exterminated 279 venomous spiders over a recent three-month period, according to a statement from Yamaguchi prefecture ...

Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots.

Ajay Narendra receives funding from Australian Research Council. Jumping spiders – one of the largest spider families – get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to navigate ...