“All this starving artist thing, it’s a load of bollocks,” says Pete ‘Spider’ Spiby, pocket dynamo singer with Black Spiders, between mouthfuls of cheese and onion crisps as Friday ...

Like opossum, raccoon and skunk, rattlesnakes and black widow spiders adapt to urban development rather than leave the area. That makes it more likely they'll come into contact with humans ...

New research led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed that African social spiders—dubbed "hippie spiders" for their cooperative lifestyle—may not have distinct personalities after all.