The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy The Chester Zoo is looking back on a monumental ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

Giant spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK following conservation efforts. A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species was ...

Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted “doppelgängers” convincing enough to ...

One of the UK’s largest breed of spiders have had the biggest mating season on record as efforts to re-establish the species in the UK receive a major boost. From near-extinction 14 years ago, the ...