Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to the name, and they are found in temperate regions around the world.

In the creepy crawly world of spiders, this gargantuan South American arachnid cousin has a set of fangs that would make ...

Japanese spider crabs live on the Pacific side of ... though they may also eat live fish or invertebrates such as other crustaceans. This species is part of a group known as decorator crabs ...

Milnesium tardigradum has just received a very unusual award - invertebrate of the year 2025! The contest was run by the ...

This brief interaction mimicked capture by one of the bees’ natural predators: crab spiders (Misumena vatia ... scientists and lawmakers had all but reached a consensus that invertebrates could not ...

Jumping spiders have the most acute vision of any terrestrial invertebrate. In fact, their ability to perceive detail almost matches that of humans, and they accomplish that feat with eyes that are ...

A citizen scientist and Kiwi bushman has shared photos documenting dozens of invertebrates eating 1080 poison baits in a number of poisoned forests around the Wellington region. Spiders ...

Some have soft bodies, like worms, slugs and jellyfish. Other invertebrates, like insects, spiders and crustaceans, have a hard outer casing called an exoskeleton. This protects their body a bit ...