Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be curious now. A nursery rhyme that kept waking a woman up at night in ...

Arachnophobia, the irrational fear of spiders, is widespread. Some estimates claim that about 6% of the population are arachnophobes. If you are one, my apologies for this column. But you’ve probably ...

If you want to watch a spider eat a fish -- and you know you do -- you need to think like a spider. First, go where the water is still: a windless lake, or a bend in a lazy stream. This is where fish ...

Normally when you think of spiders, you think about spider webs lurking in the unoccupied regions of your dry home, but a recent spider discovery in Queensland, Australia will surprise those that ...

Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be curious now. You may be accustomed to seeing banana spiders in their ...

Most spiders are land animals, but the fishing spider tends to spend most of its time dwelling on watery surfaces. Fishing spiders can walk on water, utilizing the watery body’s surface tension to do ...

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy." English poet Mary Howitt's "The Spider and the Fly ...

I’ve been spending a lot of time out on my boat photographing loons, grebes, pelicans and other birds this spring. So it was fun when I came across something else that was just as photogenic but ...

The urge to reproduce in the animal kingdom can often be stronger than the urge to survive. Case in point – the male dark fishing spider. After the arachnid mates with his female companion, which is ...

I’ve been spending a lot of time out on my boat photographing loons, grebes, pelicans and other birds this spring. So it was fun when I came across something else that was just as photogenic but ...