According to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, women in America who are or recently have been pregnant have a higher likelihood of being killed than dying of obstetric causes like ...

The diminutive spider measures in at less than a quarter of an inch in size and was discovered on a remote nature preserve ...

A mother wolf spider carries her young on her back, guarding them with instinctive care in the harsh world of the forest ...

The world's largest spider web has been found in an underwater cave on the Greece-Albania border, according to a recent ...

A brown recluse is seen in this file photo. It is one of several species of spider you may spot inside your Kentucky home this fall. stphillips Getty Images Most spiders mature in late summer or fall ...

Spiders make up one of the largest populations of invertebrates in Michigan. There are approximately 50,000 species of spiders in the world. Michigan has about 45–50 spider families and roughly 470 ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby ...

Among Michigan’s largest, this spider hunts near lakes and wetlands, often mistaken for a tarantula due to size. Known for guarding its eggs tenderly, this brownish spider spans large webs across ...

Thomas Say was perhaps the greatest entomological tour de force America has known. Born in Philadelphia in 1787, Say discovered his passion for insects at an early age. At the age of 25, he helped ...

This juvenile Ecuadorian red bloom tarantula (Pamphobeteus vespertinus) has telltale red markings on its abdomen. The stunning arachnid was photographed at night in La Maná, Ecuador. Spiny-backed orb ...

(WKYT) - Fall is officially here, and with morning frosts and the threat of the first freeze, many of us are wondering: Are we finally done with those annoying, biting insects? We asked an expert to ...

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.