Spiders

When Australia got too hot and dry, which killed off forests, these woodland creatures decided to live underground.

For this arachnid, mammals are on the menu.

Does the idea of a spider using its web to catapult itself at high speeds give you the willies? Then be forewarned: the triangle weaver spider (Hyptiotes cavatus) does just that.

An itchy feeling had an eight-legged source.

Bowie was right; there really is a "spider" from Mars.

Like the white-armored and -helmeted Stormtroopers from "Star Wars," these spiders are tough to tell apart.

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).