New species are all around us, hiding under the waves, hidden in jungles, or maybe even lurking in a cave. In an impressive discovery, researchers have spotted a new spider species hiding in a cave in ...

If you're worried about an infestation, professional spider pest control is our first recommendation, but smaller infestations can sometimes be managed effectively with DIY solutions like traps or ...

Mariella is an assistant editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science.

So read before fully committing to repellents, traps, and extermination.) What they look like: These spiders are on the smaller side and have a round abdomen, says Marc Potzler, a board-certified ...

Funny thing about Venus flytraps: They don't usually trap flies. In fact, winged insects only make up 5% of their diet. Sorenson: We really ought to be calling it the Carolina spider trap.

His passion is music and he gets a chance to hit the big time. An old friend Jack Spider recently escaped from prison, driven by greed, drags our hero back to a life he thought he had left behind.

to be reprinted and put on permanent record in a scientific periodical:—“A friend of mine noticed near his camp a trap-door spider run in front of him and pop into its hole, pulling the ‘lid ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientifi... Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society Vol. 4, No. 1, JANUARY--JUNE 1887 DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW ...

THIS beautifully illustrated little book is a good example of what can be done by a careful observer in a very short time. It might have been thought that the habits of European insects were ...