Spiders News

Video: It's 'Raining Spiders' in Brazil

A video has surfaced online that shows "raining spiders" falling on a town in Brazil. An observer captured the footage and posted it on YouTube.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 12 comments

Researchers unravel mysteries of spider silk

A group of researchers are enthusiastic over recent progress in discovering what makes spider silk so strong. Using a high-tech, but non-invasive, technique, scientists believe they are closer to uncovering the secrets behind the strength of spider silk.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 3 comments

Hundreds of giant fish-eating spiders released into the wild

Ecologists announced that they have released hundreds of the United Kingdom's largest breed of spider back into the wild.

In the Media by Owen Weldon - 2 comments

Restaurant ordered to stop selling pizzas topped with venom

A Zurich-based chef is upset the Swiss government has ordered him to stop selling one of his pizza specialties ─ venom topped pizza.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 7 comments

Two dead as Indian village invaded by giant venomous spiders

Scientists have been sent to a remote Indian village to investigate an invasion of giant venomous spiders believed to be a new species of tarantula.

In the Media by Katerina Nikolas - 8 comments

Why don't spiders stick to their own webs?

One of nature's mysteries concerns why spiders do not stick to their own webs. Some new research has shown that there are three mechanisms at play, relating to the hairs spiders' legs, the way spiders move, and due to special 'non-stick' coating.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 1 comment

Researcher makes violin strings out of spider silk

A researcher at a Japanese university has created violin strings from spider silk, and many people are impressed by the sounds.

In the Media by Lynn Curwin - 2 comments

Man caught in Operation Spiderman, charged with smuggling spiders

Los Angeles - By smuggling hundreds of tarantulas into the United States and other countries, one German man became $300,000 richer. He is now facing a long prison term and a hefty fine.

In the Media by Cynthia Trowbridge - 12 comments

Aussie must live, sleep with spiders for three weeks for charity

Melbourne - An Australian man, who considers himself a real-life Spiderman, will spend 22 days enclosed in a glass store-front window with hundreds of poisonous spiders to break a record for habitation with arachnids, while raising money for charity.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 6 comments

Fire destroys world's largest collection of reptiles, amphibians

San Paulo - A fire destroyed the world's largest collection of spiders, snakes, scorpions and amphibians. Scientists around the world are saddened by the loss of the specimens some of which were collected up to a 100 years ago and irreplaceable.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 11 comments

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