Experts clarified that the spiders were not actually falling from the sky but were suspended in a large, almost invisible web. Biologists explained that this is a collective mating ritual ...

Kunz and her coauthors, who’s study of the spider’s mating habits was published yesterday (June 10) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, determined that the mating plugs are composed of a liquid ...

They can have a leg span of up to 12 inches (30.5 cm), and they have flattened bodies that help them thrive in narrow spaces. The body of the huntsman spider is relatively small compared to its ...

The huntsman spider is one of the fastest and most agile arachnids on the planet. The species is often confused with tarantulas because of the hairy bodies, but their distinguishing trait is their ...