As the onset of summer nears, so too do warmer temperatures and mating season for many of the nearly 900 spider species in ...

Hone your backyard spidey sense with spider facts! Learn how to attract garden spiders and why spiders are beneficial.

In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger female. If he doesn’t get it right, he could become her next meal.

A male long-jawed orb weaver spider uses his huge jaws to avoid getting eaten while mating. In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger ...

Other introduced spiders like the orb weaver and her giant web are far more likely to be the spiders you see. The most common and infamous — cane spiders, garden spiders, spiny backed orb ...

A small spider with pale body and legs and silver-grey markings on the abdomen. It is usually found around the outside of houses and gardens, and is particularly common around windows. Because of ...

is probably the best-known orb-web spider. True to its name, the garden orb-weaver is very common in gardens throughout the UK, but it occurs in a wide variety of habitats. Jan says, 'Its web is a ...

Why do these male spiders catapult away from females? A male orb-weaver spider prepares to catapult away from a female after mating. The action takes place immediately after the encounter.

In 2008, NASA decided to send spiders again. They sent two species, the labyrinth orbweaver as the main study species and another species of orb weaver as a backup. They also sent small fruit fly ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger ...