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spiders
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This Year’s Ig Nobel Prize Celebrates The Weirder Side Of Science [Video]
19 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
From dead spider robots to licking rocks, the 33rd Ig Nobel Prize awarded the most bizarre scientific achievements of this year.
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Stuff Of Nightmares – Spiders And Snakes Descend On Ozzie Homes [Videos]
24 Mar 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As large swathes of New South Wales is hit with torrential flooding, spiders and snakes are battling to beat the rising waters.
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Send This Video Of A Spider In A Man’s Ear To Your Arachnophobic Friends
15 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
This video of a spider living in a man’s ear will fuel your nightmares. In worse news, it’s not the only such video.
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Let’s Show Some Love To The World’s Most Beautiful Spiders [Images+Videos]
07 Mar 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you happen to suffer from a mild case of arachnophobia, this probably isn’t for you. Have you ever seen a peacock spider break it down?
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Apocalypse Now? It’s ‘Raining’ Spiders In Brazil [Video]
14 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A man visiting family in Brazil was “stunned and scared” when he saw what appeared to be spiders raining down from the sky.
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Spiders, Scorpions, Reptiles And More – 15 New Animal Species Found In The Karoo [Images]
21 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Thanks to the collective efforts of scientists, at least 15 new animal species have been found living it up in the Karoo region.
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That ‘Spider Bite’ Of Yours Is Probably Not From An Actual Spider
08 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Arachnologist Chris Buddle explains that your ‘spider bite’ is more likely to be from other insects or due to an infection.
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Bat Eating Spiders Exist – Be Disgusted [PICS]
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, I feel sick. There’s nothing on the top of your shoulders right now, is there? If arachnids don’t terrify you enough, you should know that somewhere, right now, one is feasting on the warm blood of a mammal. A study published on 13 March 2013 reports that the ratio of existing spiders to spiders who […]
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Prepare To Be Horrified – Man Captures Massive Spiders Falling From The Sky On Tape [VIDEO]
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Oh. I’m going to be sick into my mouth. This is what the most perversely masochistic nightmares are made of. Erick Reis was the unfortunate soul who stood outside (ONE COULD BE ON YOUR BACK, ERICK) to witness the horror after leaving an engagement party in the Brazilian town of Santo Antonio da Platina. Apparently […]
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Frozen In Time – 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating A Wasp Caught In Amber
09 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ever since the first screening of Jurassic Park, everyone has dreamt of finding that elusive chunk of amber that contains an intact specimen of some prehistoric insect that would hold the key to bringing dinosaurs back. Although they haven’t found quite that, a team of researchers has found something nearly as fascinating.
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Real-Life Sci-Fi, Spiderwebs Overrun An Australian Town [PICS]
07 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This really does look like a scene from a horrific, science-fiction film in which spiders take over the world. Unfortunately for arachnaphobes, and most of Wagga Wagga’s population, it’s very real, and is the result of spiders escaping floodwaters.
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Nature, You Are Horrific: Spiders Take Over Trees In Wake Of Pakistan Floods
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Human displacement aside, the floods in Pakistan have caused massive changes in the local ecology. With more than a fifith of Pakistan submerged, millions of spiders have escaped the rising waterline by moving into trees – quickly covering riverside treelines in cocoons of spiderweb. It’s creepy-looking.
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