Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to an increase in environmental noise. By now, residents have grown ...

In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise ...

The researchers found that funnel-weaving spiders alter how their silk webs transmit vibrations in response to local noise.

Although most spiders are considered harmless, a few including Funnel-Web Spiders and Brazilian Wandering Spiders are ...

Here are some spiders that can be deadly towards humans or can cause certain level of harm from which you should be stay away.

EUROPE's biggest species of spider has arrived in Britain, with the venomous funnel-web creature spotted in a nursery yard. The terrifying stowaway, said to have a "huge appetite", was spotted by ...

A Brit was in for a surprise when 'Europe's largest spider' – a venomous species with a 'huge appetite' – arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a ...

A British man made a skin-crawling discovery when a venemous spider with a 'huge appetite', known as 'Europe's largest', arrived with his delivery of olives. The arachnid, a Spanish funnel-web ...

Love them or hate them, it would seem spiders are definitely getting bigger and braver. Just take a look at the Spanish funnel-web spider, which was discovered at a nursery in West Sussex ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a plant nursery in ...