The black and yellow garden spider gets its name from the ... agility to capture them rather than relying on webs. Also, they have exceptional vision, making locating and following their prey ...

Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual. These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs. Spiderlings disperse soon ...

It regularly receives photographic submissions of large, black spiders suspected of being Sydney funnel-web spiders (genus Atrax) or other closely related funnel-webs (Hadronyche). These ...

‘Most spiders have poor eyesight and rely almost exclusively on the vibration of the silk in their web for sensory information,’ said Beth Mortimer of the Oxford Silk Group who led the ...