Spooky season is here -- so let's talk about spiders. Ogre-faced spiders are believed to have the largest eyes of all known spider species, and they are known for their reported ability to see in the ...

NEW YORK — It's a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep? Daniela Roessler and her colleagues trained cameras on baby jumping spiders at night to find out. The footage ...

Spiders? They're just like us! Well, at least they may be when it comes to their sleeping habits. A new study of jumping spiders found evidence that the small invertebrates may experience an REM sleep ...

A new study at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology shows that the invasive Joro spider can easily adapt to busy urban areas. The study bolsters the prediction that the Joro will spread to ...

Power lines? Busy highways? Gas pumps? None of those will stop the massive, invasive Joro spider from continuing its spread across the United States, according to researchers from the University of ...

The latest species of spider found in the U.S. are huge, brightly colored and travel in a method described as "ballooning." And, according to new research, they're spreading out to new states around ...