The researchers trained the spider, which they nicknamed Kim, to jump different heights and distances on a manmade platform in a laboratory environment. Kim belongs to a species of jumping arachnid ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

They belong to the order Solifugae, a group of fast-moving, highly specialized arachnids. Found in deserts and subtropical areas around the world, sun spiders also have a unique connection to the ...

There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him. In a better ...

Here’s how it works. One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest.

I hate spiders. Be it in real life or up on the big ... but instead features an enormous arachnid. And only making the sequence freakier is the fact that the four-legged monster is 100 percent ...