We’ve all heard some variation of this rumor: the average person “eats” eight spiders a year ... “Millions of people have some time or other watched another person sleep; so why don ...

The world's spiders eat 400-800 million tonnes of insects every year - equivalent to the amount of meat and fish that humans consume over the same period, a study said Tuesday. In the first ...

Ant-eating spiders represent a fascinating group of predators that have developed specialized hunting strategies to capture their often dangerous prey. These spiders, particularly from families ...

Spiders can give plenty of people a shudder, scream ... "The biggest benefit of spiders in your home is that they eat a variety of insects like mosquitoes, fleas, and ants," says Beninato.