A woman in Missouri thought she had water in her ear but it was actually a...
Susie Torres, from Kansas, City, Missouri, went to the doctor on Tuesday thinking she had water in her left ear. Instead, doctors found a dime-sized, venomous, brown recluse spider living there....
View ArticleKim Kardashian found 3 terrifyingly large tarantulas in her Calabasas home,...
On Wednesday, Kim Kardashian-West posted pictures on her Instagram story of three tarantulas in the garage of what appears to be her Calabasas, California, home.She said she "won't be able to sleep"...
View ArticleWhat's really going on inside an insect-munching venus flytrap
Venus flytraps rarely catch flies, despite their name. Instead, they mostly catch spiders, ants, and other critters that can't fly.The trap itself is made of modified leaves containing three trigger...
View ArticleThousands of tarantulas are emerging from the ground in the San Francisco Bay...
A spate of warm weather in the San Francisco Bay Area has extended the tarantula mating season.Hikers have reportedly seen male spiders skittering across roads and paths in search of...
View Article13 creepy photos of the microscopic world around us that will make your skin...
The Nikon Small World contest highlights the best microscope images taken each year.Some of the photos in the 2019 cohort showcase spiders, lice, larvae, and fish skeletons in rarely seen detail.Here...
View ArticleThe special properties of spider silk and what science can learn from it
Spider silk has been used by humans for thousands of years It's tougher than Kevlar, more flexible than nylon and thinner than a single strand of human hair,One type in particular, dragline silk, has...
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