Animals with multiple brains have evolved this way to improve survival. Whether it's for controlling many limbs independently ...

Female Asian hermit spiders gobble up their partners after mating, so males detach their penises and sometimes offer up an ...

A green pit viper named after Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter, an unfamiliar snake found in an Instagram post, and twelve ...

When most people think of spiders, the word "friend" might be one of the last ones to come to mind. However, if you were a ...

Tarantulas are beautiful and delicate creatures that require careful handling at all times. While some tarantula species will tolerate being handled, it’s really important to understand their behavior ...

When most people think of spiders, the word ‘friend’ may be one of the last ones to come to mind. However, if you were a ...

Care home residents stroked snakes and lizards and handled huge hairy spiders as part of a day of wildlife encounters ... The therapy experts were invited to bring their menagerie of snakes, a ...

"Spiders do not usually run towards people when they sense danger. This would be like humans running towards something like ...

This follows the news last year that tarantulas were confirmed in the UK by BBC researcher Adele in the form of Britain’s only species, the purseweb spider. The purseweb is a stay-at-home spider ...

Taxonomically, they are in the infraorder mygalomorphae which includes the trapdoor spiders and tarantulas. "We only have one native mygalomorphae in the UK and they are much, much smaller and ...