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This 19th-century cobweb painting depicts a wealthy Austrian gentleman.
paintings

For Sale: A 19th-Century Portrait Painted on a Spiderweb

One of the last surviving cobweb paintings is on display this weekend.
Diana Hubbell March 13, 2025
Each fall, amorous male tarantulas prowl the Colorado plains in search of mates, who may or may not kill them.
spiders

Why Did the Spider Cross the Road?

In Colorado, tap-dancing male tarantulas risk everything for love—including becoming lunch.
Karuna Eberl November 6, 2024
Morioka, Japan

Grave of Princess Centipede

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.
Mound House, Nevada

VW Beetle Spider

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
List

25 Places to Learn to Love Creepy, Crawly Critters

From the art of spiders and glow of blue fireflies to bugs you can ride and insects you can eat.
Roxanne Hoorn July 19, 2024
spiders

This Arachnid in Illinois Had Armored Spikes on Its 8 Legs

The new species is too strange to be assigned a category.
Olivia Young May 30, 2024
Silk parachute: engaged.
flight

Baby Spiders Are 'Addicted' to Flying With Mini Balloons

From Himalayan jumping spiders to brown widows, arachnids love to float over your head.
Cara Giaimo May 24, 2024
science

This 'Satan' Spider Turned Out to Be a Real Teddy Bear

In Ecuador, Satanas the tarantula—named for his feisty attitude—became both teacher and friend to researchers.
Ashley Stimpson January 19, 2024
Mafra Palace Library is home to a colony of itty-bitty bats that keep its many historic volumes safe from pests.
cemeteries

5 of Our Favorite Podcast Episodes About Wildlife in Unexpected Places

Life finds a way, from the bats that haunt and hunt in a majestic library to a bird sanctuary in one of the most dangerous places in the world.
The Podcast Team January 12, 2024
Incheon, South Korea

Gentle Monster

A pair of oily black spiders lurk inside South Korea's largest airport.
A wild vervet monkey, native to Africa, dines near the Fort Lauderdale International Airport rental car area in 2021.
mummies

Wonder Is Everywhere: An Accidental Mummy, a Murdered Tree, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White October 13, 2023
A jumping spider in Manila, Philippines.
meteorites

Wonder Is Everywhere: Spider Wrestling, the Return of the Giant Peanut, and More from Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White August 4, 2023
outsider art

Podcast: Knight’s Spider Web Farm

The helpers behind these one-of-a-kind art pieces have eight legs.
The Podcast Team July 27, 2023
natural history museums

Podcast: Luomus Spiders

The tale of a Scandinavian museum's 50-year infestation with Chilean recluse spiders.
The Podcast Team October 26, 2022
After heavy rains, spiderwebs covered part of Gippsland like a glinting blanket.
floods

Spiders Covered Australian Shores With a Massive, Gossamer Blanket

The ghostly sight tells a story of escape, survival, and a post-flood feast.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 25, 2021
The whip spider, or tailless whip scorpion, is neither a spider nor a scorpion.
science

Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom

Studying the arachnids reveals as much about the structure of science as it does about the creatures.
Eric Boodman June 7, 2021
Tracking the small spiders involves quick, careful work.
science

The Fiddly Business of Tracking Australia's Most Venomous Spider

To study the Sydney funnel web spider, one researcher tags along from a distance with the help of tags the size of a grain of rice.
Hannah Thomasy June 2, 2021
Yerevan, Armenia

Spider Statue

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.