MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims ...

The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

Watching fights between creatures in the wild can be an interesting insight into how they attack opponents and defend themselves. It says a lot about their evolution and how they have developed into ...

This is No. 16, a 43-year-old spider. Or, rather, this was No. 16. She died a tragic death when she was violently attacked by a wasp in Western Australia. What makes her story remarkable is that until ...

Open meadows and grasslands, like those found at Escondido’s Daley Ranch, Ramona Grasslands, the Hollenbeck Canyon and San Felipe Wildlife areas, and Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve are all places ...