Photo Credit: iStock A newly identified Amazon spider, the Taczanowskia waska, is gaining attention because its camouflage ...

Spiders living in the Amazon rainforest defend themselves from predators using an amazing variety of strategies. One newly ...

This spider has developed a remarkable ability to mimic a parasitic fungus.

A deadly fungus is creating zombie spiders in the United States. These creatures are being seen across the country and ultimately die after being eaten by the fungus from the inside out. The Daily ...

A newly discovered species of spider has been found working pretty hard to convince prospective prey in the Amazon that it’s already safely dead. The result is a creature that looks a lot like the ...

An old storm drain in Minneapolis. A damp cottage in Ontario. Underneath a house in New Zealand. In everyday encounters around the globe, people are getting a fright by a Halloween-worthy sight: the ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people with a healthy fear of spiders shudder at the idea that some spiders lose ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...