Flapping insects build up an electrical charge that may make them more easily snared by spider webs, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, biologists. The positive charge on ...

There are about 2,500 kinds of spiders on the North American continent north of Mexico, and thank goodness. Without spiders, we'd be overrun with insects. It is estimated that each year the world's ...

Insects and spiders are important elements in the food webs of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. With declines in their biodiversity, the food supply for birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and small ...

The way gardeners view insects has come a long way in the past few decades. The importance of pollinators and the natural pest control provided by beneficial insects is increasingly recognized as many ...

Deep beneath the border between Albania and Greece, a single spider web sprawls across rock like a living carpet, turning a ...

Although many people have a built-in aversion to them, spiders rank as one of the gardener's best tools for biological pest control. They also are one of the few pest predators that don't eat plants. ...

Researchers studying amber containing the larvae of Cretaceous insects reveal that immature lacewings likely specialized in killing spiders. They walked across spider webs with ease thanks to long, ...

A new study reveals some stunning estimates about how much the world's spiders eat annually: between 400 and 800 million tons of insects and other invertebrates. These eight-legged carnivores play an ...

At the same time, not all spiders (or parts of spiders) elicit the same disgust. Among the photo selections were sets that compared specific anatomical arachnid attributes like eggs, fangs, webs, and ...

The green lynx spider’s bold stripes and vivid color make it look like a tiny watermelon hiding in gardens and plants.

Flapping bees build up a charge of several hundred volts, enough to electrostatically draw pollen from a flower. But researchers have discovered a downside to being charged: it attracts spider silk ...