Even in a biotech suit, beekeepers aren’t safe from Asian Giant Hornets, as thousands attack in a viral video!

This paper introduces the Improved Binary Spider Wasp Optimizer (IBSWO) algorithm to address this pressing need. By merging the Spider Wasp Optimizer (SWO) with Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and leveraging ...

Little studied, these spiders are the object of a booming illicit trade as pets and display pieces. A captive-bred Mexican fireleg tarantula is seen up close outside Tarantulas of Mexico ...

The tarantula hawk wasp presents one of the most dramatic size mismatches in the predator-prey relationship. These wasps, measuring 2 inches at most, routinely hunt tarantula spiders that can be ...

A traffic stop in California’s North Bay area led authorities to search a man’s home and find a spider monkey, rattlesnakes, and over $25,000 worth of methamphetamine. Deputies in Vallejo, about 34 ...

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, they examined how brown widow spiders defend their egg sacs against parasitic wasps. The findings reveal that these spiders ...

Tarantula Hawk Wasp (image credits: unsplash ... they paralyze tarantulas with their sting, then lay an egg on the spider’s body. The wasp larva eats the still-living spider from the inside out—a ...

[Shutterstock/Courtesy] Israeli researchers have discovered that brown widow spiders, a global invasive species, aggressively defend their egg sacs from parasitic wasps, offering insights into how ...

Valeria Arabesky and colleagues at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found that invasive brown widow spiders effectively defend their egg sacs against wasp parasites. The spiders use multiple ...