Learn more about the newly identified fungus that is taking over spiders and why it's similar to the Cordyceps fungi that ...

It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts ...

First money spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae) and wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) were collected by hand and then a suction sampler (essentially a large vacuum cleaner) was used to collect the ...

Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...

Both Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae: Araneae) and Meta menardi are reclusive, orb or circular web-weaving cave spiders that favour dark, damp places. Image source, Centre for Agriculture and ...

A novel fungus named after David Attenborough that turns its hosts into 'zombie spiders' has been found on the UK and Ireland border.

The type specimen spider host was identified as the orb-weaving cave spider, Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae: Araneae), ...

New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing nearly all visible and ultraviolet light. Adult female ...