Spiders

In the Amazon lowlands, spiders as big as dinner plates dine on opossums.

A new species of tarantula has something in common with the mythical unicorn — a prominent "horn."

Paleontologists working in South Korea found ancient spider fossils with mirrors in their eyes.

Sometimes spiders scare people so much that the cops have to deal with it.

There's a whole range of reasons you don't want to be bitten by a black widow spider, but you probably wouldn't think that losing the ability to pee is one of them.

Don't worry; it's for mating.

Thieves recently made off with 7,000 bugs and lizards from a Philadelphia museum.

Ever wonder what it looks like when 1,400 tarantulas are born all at once? Wonder no more.

They're showing up in major population centers in the Great White North.

Scientists praise Kidman's heroic act.

While brown recluse spiders are venomous, their alleged bites are often wrongly identified.

Spider eggs are so colorful that they look like candy (but please don't eat them).

How do some spiders fly?

An ancient tick's worst day ever was preserved for eternity.

Yikes.

A female jumping spider went to great lengths in a leaping experiment.

"Number 16," a recently deceased trapdoor spider, was the oldest known spider in the world.