Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

every one of these spiders met the same untimely demise. Intriguingly, when one or both of the front legs were removed, or when the joint itself was damaged, males chose not to mate; they courted but ...

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...

If you see a spider on the move on the floor or walls of your home, it's almost certainly a male, because the male spiders move around looking for females to mate with, reports Yorkshire Live.

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...

Young females are more fertile and easy to woo; older females often mate and then eat the male alive. No wonder they’re called widow spiders. To get sex with an older female, a male might fight ...

Or you can post your query to the identification service's Facebook group. Spiders may seem scary, but most of them are just looking for love. Read some dating profiles of spiders searching for the ...

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.