When it comes to household pests, spiders are the number one culprit. And despite your best efforts at knowing how to get rid of spiders, you’re probably wondering why they keep coming back. Not only ...

Herbs and essential oils are often touted as spider deterrents, but science tells a more nuanced story about which methods ...

If you've recently dealt with a lot of spiders and bugs, you're not alone. The weather has a lot to do with the critters we see in Southern California. It was a busy summer for Pyramid Pest Control, ...

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

Experts say that if people in the United States and Europe can get over the "ick", edible insects could revolutionise food ...

I love bugs. I find them so cool and interesting, and they serve a lot of great purposes not only for their ecosystems, but for our lives as well. I know what you’re thinking, “But bugs are ugly and ...

We are less than six months away from Halloween but we're already hearing eerie tales of large, yellow spiders "coming for us." But is that true? Joro spiders have been dominating headlines as the ...

Spending the summer outdoors means running into a variety of crawling and slithering creatures, whether it's at the lake, on the forest floor or wrapped around your front porch light. While running ...

A woman who lives by herself has left the internet in stitches with her unconventional way of dealing with spiders. TikTok user @mrburgies shared an amusing video on social media showing what happened ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a honeybee. In many ways, your world is small. Your four delicate wings, each less than a centimeter ...