Deep in the jungle, a headlamp shines on a dissection in progress. “There are eggs,” says Lary Reeves, staring at the spider-shaped clump he had pulled from a silky orb web earlier that afternoon. He ...

Researchers exploring Ecuador's Amazon rainforest thought they had spotted a small mushroom clinging to the underside of a leaf during a night survey. A closer look revealed something far stranger. It ...

Spiders living in the Amazon rainforest defend themselves from predators using an amazing variety of strategies. One newly discovered species has adapted to resemble a dead spider infected with a ...

Rainforests are full of animals trying not to be seen. Some look like leaves. Some resemble bark. Some copy ants, twigs, or bird droppings. The newly described Amazon spider Taczanowskia waska goes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Duchess of Edinburgh came face-to-face with the "king of spiders" in the Peruvian Amazon. Sophie brought her hand to her chest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Goliath birdeater, Earth's largest spider by mass, is a ...