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The 7 largest spider species found in India

October 24, 2025 5:33 pm

India’s wild landscapes are home to some of the world’s most fascinating and formidable spiders.

Discover Hoggicosa bicolor, Australia’s two-toned wolf spider

Wolf spiders are already a force of nature but Australia takes it a step further with their two-toned ones

August 16, 2025 2:30 pm

What sets Hoggicosa bicolor apart at first glance is its dramatic colouring—especially in females and younger males.

What attracts pests to your home without you realising it?

5 ways you may be unknowingly welcoming pests into your house

August 01, 2025 11:08 am

These simple mistakes can create the perfect breeding ground for bugs.

Learn about these 4 types of animals that kill their own parents

July 20, 2025 12:44 pm

Repeated instances of matriphagy--the act of eating mothers--has been noted among several species of anarchids, generally out of compulsion and an odd survival choice.

Peterson introduced the Goliath bird-eater tarantula to Conan O’Brien by placing it right on his wrist

Resurfaced clip shows Conan O’Brien freezing as tarantula crawls on his wrist in hilarious moment with Coyote Peterson

April 29, 2025 6:21 pm

The video is from Conan O’Brien’s long-running show Conan, which aired for over a decade before wrapping up in 2021.

Why you should not kill spiders on the spot

April 21, 2025 12:30 pm

As the temperature rises, so do spider sightings. The dry heat drives them indoors into cooler, darker spaces in the houses.

Zoological Survey of India discovers new spider species

2 new species of cannibal spiders found in Western Ghats

September 02, 2024 9:53 am

The new species were collected from the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka and Kerala’s Ernakulam district.

Rajkot doctor, Ahmedabad researcher discover new species of spider

October 30, 2022 1:04 am

The new species, which the researchers have named after Indian biochemist Yellapragada Subbarao, is the first species of the Tanzania genus to be recorded anywhere in Asia.

What takes down a bull elephant in a single bite?

January 04, 2022 12:53 pm

With spring-loaded reflexes and formidable swoops, the animal kingdom proves that size doesn’t matter

It looks like bird dung, but it's really a predatory spider

August 25, 2021 5:34 pm

The bird dung crab spiders' glossy black-and-white patterning and foul odour are part of a mephitic masquerade that tricks predators that would otherwise seek to eat the spiders