The winners of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025 have been announced.

Duelling prairie chickens, a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from ...

Male nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) use the sense of smell in their legs to find mates. Researchers at the University of Greifswald used an electron microscope to discover "olfactory hairs" ...

In Calamba, Philippines, a costumed Spider-Man rushed to help a stumbling Bumblebee after the Transformer lost balance inside ...

Five previously unknown tree-dwelling snake species, including one named in honor of Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, were found in the jungles Central and South America. Credit: Alejandro Arteaga Jobs ...

KZN content creator @Samukelo_Shabane shared a video of a 2-year-old boy handling a snake like it was the most normal thing in the world, leaving South Africans completely spooked. The video was ...

A calm little praying mantis sits perfectly still as a spider creeps nearby. For a moment, you might think the mantis is meditating. It is named for its “praying” pose, after all. Then, in a blink, ...

People say this is why they always check their shopping. A giant huntsman spider has been discovered in a box of bananas at a school. The fearsome brown arachnid was found by shocked staff in Ramsey, ...

Duchess Sophie encountered the formidable "king of spiders" during her visit to the Peruvian Amazon, displaying visible apprehension. The royal brought her hand to her chest, mouth, and forehead while ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...