Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Miljko/Getty Images Fishing spiders and wolf spiders are easy to confuse at first glance. The hairy hunters are both large and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be ...

Arachnophobia, the irrational fear of spiders, is widespread. Some estimates claim that about 6% of the population are arachnophobes. If you are one, my apologies for this column. But you’ve probably ...

Since I'm a biologist, friends and relatives sometimes assume I know a lot about the living world. In fact, like most people trained in the sciences, I know quite a lot about a relatively specific ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

If you want to watch a spider eat a fish -- and you know you do -- you need to think like a spider. First, go where the water is still: a windless lake, or a bend in a lazy stream. This is where fish ...

Large fishing spiders walking on water can be fascinating — or terrifyingly unnerving. The latter reaction is common among Saint Michael’s College students as we sample Vermont’s streams and ponds. On ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy." English poet Mary Howitt's "The Spider and the Fly" doesn't ...

Fishing spiders and wolf spiders are easy to confuse at first glance. The hairy hunters are both large and brown, and they pursue their victims rather than building webs to trap them. Fear not — ...

Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven't before, you might be curious now. A nursery rhyme that kept waking a woman up at night in ...