Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs.

A male long-jawed orb weaver spider uses his huge jaws to avoid getting eaten while mating. In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger ...

Armed with palm-sized triplet magnifying glasses, these people were on a lichen walk, examining local specimens as part of the University of Minnesota Department of Art’s first-ever Lichen Symposium.

And, puns aside, there’s a lot to see here, once you take the time. "If you've looked at lichens, you may have seen British soldiers with the red tips. That's a fruticose lichen. That's one that ...

For thousands of years, lichens have quietly shaped Michigan’s landscapes—and their work is far from finished. I’m alone on a 2-billion-year-old basalt cliff among ancient living organisms ...

New research, however, suggests that we might be underestimating the hardiness of lichens. Researchers in Poland have revealed that some lichen species can endure a Mars-like environment while ...

Spiders are not insects and are, in fact, arachnids. Orb weavers are a type of spider commonly found in garden beds and on trees. However, they also can be found in tall grass, inside homes ...

Those green-blue growths that you see on tree trunks and branches are not mosses. They are lichens. Lichens are not killing your tree, nor are they causing it to fail. They are telling you ...

Research suggests people with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) may be more likely to develop lichen planus, while those with lichen planus may be more likely to test positive for HCV. Lichen planus is ...

These 'temperate rainforests' are unique environments home to wildlife not seen elsewhere, with 'damp, humid conditions making them a haven for over 200 different species of bryophytes and 100-200 ...

Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...