High temperatures make arctic wolf spiders ditch their favorite food, indirectly helping the environment.

It has been observed that spiders use silk to ‘float’ through the air. Even Charles Darwin noticed that many of these creatures could alight on the Beagle during its voyage, only to leave on their own accord later.This may be because spiders use the wind to perform their impressive wingless flights. However, spider-ballooning has also been observed on completely calm days. Therefore, the insects must be using a different kind of force or physical property to do so.

A Brentwood woman is recovering after a brown recluse spider bit her several times. Angela Wright said she woke up with arm pain and noticed a couple bumps on her chest and arm, but didn't think much of it. She went to the doctor's office and was sent home with medication. Wright was rushed to the emergency room a couple days later after she described feeling like she was hallucinating.

Finding a good spot to take a nap is not an easy task...

60 * 60 cm, acrylics, linen - That moment before you are dinner.

Lucas is a tiny spider to some...giant arachnid to others.

Acrylics on linen, 80 * 80 cm - Description: Gerrit is my housespider, this will his third year. He is handicapped due to a working accident that left him with seven legs. No flies or mosquitos in my home thanks to this hero! :-)

Not since the beloved spider of the classic kid's book Charlotte's Web died has an arachnid's demise caused such heartache. A spider named nicknamed Number 16 and believed to be the world's oldest, has passed away at the age of 43. The female Giaus Villosus, commonly known as a trapdoor spider, died while being observed in the wild for a long-term spider population study in Western Australia.

Being the world's most musical spider takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and practice!

Don't worry...Dexter is a spider friendly pup!

Spiders don’t often resemble birds, but pelican spiders—which use beaklike mouthparts to spear other arachnids—are a notable exception. The group of rice-size animals were first discovered in a 50-million-year-old slab of amber and were thought to be extinct until live pelican spiders were spotted in Madagascar in 1881. Only 19 species were known to occur on the African island, but that number has doubled with the discovery of 18 new species, researchers report today in ZooKeys.

Even if you are arachnophobic, you probably have seen pictures or videos of Australian peacock spiders (Maratus spp.). These tiny spiders are only 1-5 mm long but are famous for their flamboyant courtship displays featuring diverse and intricate body colorations, patterns, and movements.

20 * 20 cm - acrylic on canvas (Photo taken with potatoe)

The debate over whether an arachnid’s web is actually a part of its mind

More than 50 new species of spider, including a peacock spider with a “wonderful courtship behaviour, like dancing”, have been discovered in Queensland Australia’s Cape York region, during a 10-day trip by scientists from the Queensland Museum. The new arachnids, which are now being formally classified, include a brush-footed trap-door spider, a large black creature that looks like a funnel web with the added power of being able to walk up glass doors; a new species of swift spider, with fuzzy black and white front legs; and several new species of ant spider.

One of the most feared and venomous arachnids in the world, the American brown recluse spider has long been known for its signature necro-toxic venom, as well as its unusual silk. Now, a new Oxford University, collaborative study offers an explanation for how the spider is able to make its silk so strong.

Once thought uniquely human, a preference for the right or left side seems to also occur among wild animals. By Joshua Rapp.

Researchers suspect the spiders might use the resemblance to hide from prey or predators. By Kayleigh Rogers.

Tarantulas are out looking for love, and hikers in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains are warned to watch out for the hairy spiders. Tarantula mating season has begun, and it will last through the end of October, the National Park Service said Thursday. That means the giant arachnids will spend the next two months weaving webs just above ground, outside the female's burrow, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot. When he turned on his flashlight, he expected to see a small mammal, such as a possum or a rat. "When I turned on the light, I couldn't quite understand what I was seeing," said Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. A moment later...