In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating ...

Spiders are declining in livestock-grazed areas, while ticks and mites are increasing. This change affects ecosystems and ...

While their spindly legs and fat butts might not be everyone’s cup of tea, the vast majority of spiders are completely ...

A 15-year study in India's Spiti Valley revealed that replacing wild herbivores with livestock significantly affects ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor ...

The results are in, and New Zealanders have crowned the ngāokeoke (New Zealand velvet worm, Peripatoides novaezealandiae) the 2025 Bug of the Year.

After studying the samples, Dr. Evans determined that the cave spiders had been hijacked by a fungus he dubbed Gibellula ...

Arachnid evolution involved multiple land transitions, not just one. Spiders and scorpions evolved key traits through gene ...

Discusses arthropods, a diverse group of animals characterized by jointed legs, exoskeletons, and segmented bodies. It ...

Replacing native grazers with livestock can drastically influence the numbers of ground-dwelling arthropods like spiders, as well as that of ticks and mites that can spread vector-borne diseases ...