Spiders

For this arachnid, mammals are on the menu.

Does the idea of a spider using its web to catapult itself at high speeds give you the willies? Then be forewarned: the triangle weaver spider (Hyptiotes cavatus) does just that.

An itchy feeling had an eight-legged source.

Bowie was right; there really is a "spider" from Mars.

Like the white-armored and -helmeted Stormtroopers from "Star Wars," these spiders are tough to tell apart.

In the Amazon lowlands, spiders as big as dinner plates dine on opossums.

A new species of tarantula has something in common with the mythical unicorn — a prominent "horn."

Sometimes spiders scare people so much that the cops have to deal with it.