Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to the name, and they are found in temperate regions around the world.

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Charles Darwin was fascinated by the spiders that landed on the H.M.S. Beagle nearly two centuries ago. Spiders don’t ...

Beneath Porongurup Range National Park’s tall karri ... Due to Barbara’s ground-breaking work, trapdoor spiders came to be known as short-range endemics (SREs) – species with extremely limited ...

A peacock spider perches on a leaf during an outback shoot in Kuranda, Australia for the "Tiny ... [+] Heroes Down Under" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Rob Morgan ...