Spiders have long been the go-to bad guys in fantasy media, from the Lord Of The Rings' monstrous Shelob to the numerous ...

The story behind Elrond’s father is a fascinating tale of love and fate — and its impact on Lord of the Rings is legendary.

The solution is Shelob the spider, who guards the stairs ... The films follow the adventures of humans, elves, dwarves, hobbits and more in Middle-earth.

Animals and plants are constantly being discovered, but many of the rainforest’s lifeforms are endangered due to human activity ... This spider, also native to Madagascar, would give Shelob pause. Not ...

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

A Swedish AI startup company has created a robot dog named Luna that has a functional digital nervous system capable of learning and adapting like humans and many animals, the company, IntuiCell, said ...

This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs' emotions. Researchers reported that ...

The Human Torch, also known as Johnny Storm (brother of the Invisible Woman Sue Storm), is the latest duelist to join the Marvel Rivals' roster and, together with The Thing, he completes The ...

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...