Third-grader Skyler Hutto led the effort to make the Carolina Wolf Spider the official arachnid of South Carolina. Wolf spiders eat cockroaches, ants and flies. Wolf spiders have eight eyes, and the ...

Spider activities are some of my favorite ways to bring a mix of curiosity, science, and creativity into our homeschool. Whether we’re studying arachnids for a life cycle unit or just adding a fun ...

Sara Schwesinger may be a speech pathologist, but the very thought of spiders leaves her at a loss for words. “They do, like, cause me, especially if they surprise me, they’ll cause me to throw up,” ...

The diminutive spider measures in at less than a quarter of an inch in size and was discovered on a remote nature preserve ...

Two entomologists said they found the spider with just nine minutes to spare A critically endangered spider, not seen in the UK for 40 years, has been rediscovered in a remote nature reserve ...

A new approach to monitoring arachnid behavior could help understand their social dynamics, as well as their habitat’s health. By Andrew Paul Published Apr 2, 2024 10:51 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Forty years after they were last seen, a rare breed of wolf spiders have been rediscovered in the United Kingdom Researchers found the aulonia albimana, otherwise known as the white-knuckled wolf ...