There are many species of spiders worldwide, and around 3,400 species live in North America. Many people are affected by arachnophobia — fear of spiders — even when the spider in question is harmless.

There are approximately 3,100 orb weaver spider species across the globe, but none of them pose any threat or harm to humans. Orb weavers are also not known to be aggressive spiders and would rather ...

I jumped about a foot when I first saw the newest form of wildlife to make our yard its home, a cross-orb weaver spider that was hanging in the opening of the garage door when I walked right into it.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play. Orb weaver spiders, one of the most common families of ...

The genes of orb weaver spiders from different environments are very similar, but their glue proteins and glue properties differ greatly due to differential gene expression Spiders that don’t weave ...

Source: William Eberhard, used with permission. Spider webs can be beautiful, intricate, and deadly—but what can they tell us about the spiders who build them? There are over 3,100 species of ...