Tarantula hawk wasps offer some of the most painful stings known to humans, giving them almost absolute protection from vertebrate predators.

An entomologist explains why not to.

The tarantella is named for a peasant woman from southern Italy whose tarantula bite started a contagious dancing fever!

Intricate, strong, and rapidly-built, spider webs are more amazing even than they first appear. For a construction job done right, get a spider to do it.

Venom kills thousands every year, but research is showing that venom can heal as well. Venom works in a way that most drugs can only dream of.

Researchers at Cambridge studied how peoples' brains respond to fear.