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More than 300 smuggled tarantulas, scorpions and giant cockroaches seized from luggage in Colombia
Authorities at Colombia's airport in Bogotá found and confiscated hundreds of arthropods that German travelers had illegally collected and stashed in a suitcase.
Jumping spiders: Facts about the cutest arachnids on the planet
Jumping spiders are a diverse bunch. Some are drab, while others sport a dazzling array of colors and patterns. And they really can jump.
Deadly and massive 'Megaspider' found in Australia has fangs that can puncture a fingernail
The Australian Reptile Park recently welcomed the biggest funnel-web spider that the keepers had ever seen.
Scorpions flood Egyptian villages after storm, sting and hospitalize hundreds
Venomous fat-tailed scorpions stung more than 500 people after heavy storms disrupted their habitats and brought the deadly arachnids closer to people.
Giant, invasive spiders have taken over Georgia. Will they spread across the US?
Experts believe that the spiders, which arrived in 2014, could spread across more of the southern U.S.
Ancient dog-size sea scorpion unearthed in China
This is the first time that scientists have found a fossil of this type on the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana.
Mutant 'daddy shortlegs' created in a lab
Scientists have created an altered version of daddy longlegs with shortened and morphologically altered legs by suppressing the genes behind the development of their long legs.
These spiders take down snakes hundreds of times their size
Venomous spiders prey upon snakes many times their size, a new study finds — and often emerge victorious against snakes as venomous as they are.
