Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

The word "tarantula" is not commonly used in our everyday language. Yet, everyone immediately knows what it means: a large, hairy spider. Today, people might be more inclined to say "bird spider." But ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships.

According to the BBC, the population of this species is experiencing a major decline, which could reach 30% over the next 20 ...

The poison must've reacted with my blood. It was so swollen and my hand kept changing colours from purple to red. "I don't know any other spider in this country aside from a false widow that can ...

Two French fishermen were fined £1,500 each by Jersey's magistrates court for keeping undersized crabs Two fishermen who caught and kept undersized spider crabs have been fined £1,500 each by ...

The poison must've reacted with my blood. It was so swollen and my hand kept changing colours from purple to red. "I don't know any other spider in this country aside from a false widow that can ...

"I was quite shocked a spider in the UK could cause this sort of damage. I thought this only happened in Australia and places like that." The false widow is Britain's only native species of venomous ...

Creepy-crawly courtship. This shot of a pair of courting crab spiders, taken by nature photographer Sandip Guha in Shiliguri, India, highlights the difference in size between the male and his much ...

The Canadian Red Cross is offering personalized recovery support to people impacted by the flooding and extreme weather event in British Columbia that took place on November 14, 2021. The Red Cross ...