Biophobia On The Rise? Why Growing Fear of Nature Could Harm Public Health and Conservation
Credit: rustycanuck on Shutterstock More and more people are feeling dread, fear, and even disgust toward the great…
Largest web in the world crosses two countries and houses more than 100,000 spiders
Scientists discovered a colossal 106-square-metre web in Sulfur Cave on the Albania-Greece border, home to 69,000 barn funnel…
Scientists Discover Tiny Spiders Who Build Big ‘Decoys’ For This Clever Reason
If you were to quickly look at the image below, what would you think it was? At first…
Those Strange Zigzag Decorations in Spider Webs Might Finally Have an Explanation
A northern St Andrew’s cross female spider in Australia building a web with X-shaped stabilimenta seen radiating from…
Hand-sized spider that eats fish spotted in UK homes after nearly going extinct
Adult female Fen Raft Spiders can grow up to the size of your palm – but arachnophobes will…
Edinburgh staff make eerie ‘well preserved’ discovery inside 200-year-old book
Staff at McNaughtan’s Bookshop in Edinburgh, found that inside a book dating back to 1822 lay a remarkably…
UK households urged not to pick up conkers this autumn for one reason | UK | News
People across the UK have been urged not to bother picking up conkers this autumn if their only…
UK’s ‘most dangerous spider’ leaves gaping hole in woman’s leg after bite in pub
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Paige Oldfield says it ‘was like something out of a horror film’ after a suspected…
Spiders’ genes have been modified to produce glowing silk – a scientific sensation
Biomaterials researchers at the University of Bayreuth in Germany have made a major breakthrough that has stunned the…
The World’s First Genetically Modified Spider Spins Glowing Red Silk
By now, CRISPR has sliced and diced its way through the genomes of everything from bananas to beagles…