Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...

She’s read up on the fungi that take over flies’ bodies, partially digesting them from the inside out before forcing them to ...

If spiders had nightmares, the larvae of ichneumonid wasps would have to star in them. The wasp lays an egg on the back of an orb weaver spider, where it grows fat and bossy, and occupies itself with ...

A parasitic fungus is creating so-called zombie spiders from the United Kingdom to Minnesota. Scientists say the fungus progressively eats away at the arachnids, leaving behind only crusty white ...