Durham, N.C. – Thai Zebra spiders have crawled out of their dirt burrows in the forests of Cambodia onto the tables of a North Carolina restaurant – and people are going wild for the crunchy garnish ...

Spinning silk comes second-nature to tarantulas, with uses ranging from protecting their eggs to lining and concealing their nests. Now scientists have discovered another function for silk, used by a ...

I've been noticing zebra spiders on the sunny side of the rock walls and wooden posts that surround my garden, and on the fence near the trash can where they hunt for flies. At 5 to 9 millimeters long ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

I’m going to come out and say it immediately, I’m not particularly knowledgeable about Costa Rica’s spiders. This little country boasts over 2,000 species that come in a dizzying variety of sizes, ...

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