If someone asked you to name a place with poisonous fauna, what would spring to mind? Perhaps Australia, with infamous snakes like the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), or maybe Brazil, home ...
A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to ...
A mysterious fungus made headlines worldwide last August for turning spiders into bizarre, living “zombies.” The affected creatures are controlled by the fungus, leave their usual environment, and ...
In my previous blog post I described some of the research that has begun to throw light on why so many people appear to be scared of spiders. In particular, there seemed to be a significant link ...
On extant and fossil European Mangorini (Araneidae) -- Taxonomy of extant and fossil (Eocene) European Gnaphosidae -- Spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae ...