To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

Why should we read children's nonfiction animal books? Teaching kids about animals is akin to teaching colors and numbers.

Not only is Hemsworth the most enormous funnel web spider in Australia, but he was also discovered to be a new species.

Spiders are often referred to as insects, but this is incorrect. Although spiders and insects belong to the same massive ...

In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the ...

Where you’ll find them: After mating in the fall, female wolf spiders look for protected areas to produce their egg cocoons. You’ll find them under and between boards, stones, firewood ...

A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals surprises, including that the carnivores, made famous as fictional pets in Game of Thrones, weren't closely related to wolves. Dire wolves, with reddish ...

A woman posted a TikTok video of a live black widow spider in grapes, spurring concern about how often the arachnids are ...

The study of the physiology and ecology of animals that don't have backbones, ranging from worms to sea stars, and of parasites, which can often provide insights into complex ecosystems. (Sea star ...

Black widow spiders are commonly found around homes, garages, barns, and other man-made structures. They build tough, irregularly shaped webs with strands running in many directions. The “messy” ...

A third reintroduced gray wolf from British Columbia has been found dead, this time in Rocky Mountain National Park. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the death, as gray wolves ...