This video shows mate-binding behaviour of the male orb-web "Nephila pilipes" spider. To reduce female resistance to mating and the chance of being eaten by the female, the much smaller male spider ...

Bat-eating spiders are common and apparently creep around every continent, except Antarctica, devouring various bat species, according to a study detailed in the journal PLOS ONE on March 13, 2013, by ...

You were hoping for one of those threads where someone gets a cute little puppy or kitty weren't you? Maybe I have an exotic name and got a new little doodie geyser addition to the family and wanted ...

Being inconspicuous might seem the best strategy for spiders to catch potential prey in their webs, but many orb-web spiders, which hunt in this way, are brightly colored. New research finds their ...

Photo taken on Feb. 1, 2018 shows a Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila pilipes) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. (Xinhua/U Aung) ...