While I am a big fan of spiders year-round, now is the time of year when I truly appreciate their presence in my yard as they stalk their herbivorous insect prey. One of the most beautiful spiders I ...

The fish appear to favor the locale not for the sights, but for their neighbors—tiny spider crabs that feast on the animal’s ...

Sep. 5—Early September continues the remarkable show of nature as seen in August. With the daylight approaching 13 hours as we move toward the autumnal equinox, bird migration becomes more active.

Some crab spiders have ditched webs for flowers. Masters of disguise, female Thomisus guangxicus spiders blend in with petals, which allows the arachnids to nab insects that pass by while fooling ...

Crab spiders, carried gracefully along by the wind beneath their spun silk parachutes, get to live the fantasy of any imaginative child who’s ever held a kite string and dreamed of flying. As these ...

A Common Spider Crab at Crookes Point on Sunday. (G. Simmons) Mole Crabs We didn't know what they were at first, clustered along the edge of the wrack line, that line where the water from high tide ...

Cornwall's fishing industry is considering changing the names of some of its most common catches to increase their appeal to consumers in post-Brexit Britain. Previously, around 95% of megrim fish and ...