Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. August is spider season. The orb-weaver spiders in my yard spend winter tucked away ...

Eight-legged housemates Contrary to popular belief, spiders don’t invite themselves into our homes in the autumn in search of ... the ones with the very long legs. These males won't live through ...

Spider season is here - and the creepy crawlies are set to head indoors as temperatures outside drop. Every autumn ... Spiders ‘taste’ with their legs, and if their legs taste something ...

There's nothing like those first chilly days of autumn to turn your thoughts to flannel shirts, freshly carved pumpkins and the sound of leaves crunching beneath your feet. There's something truly ...

In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs. Japanese spider crabs live on the Pacific side of Japan as far south as Taiwan and at chilly depths ranging from 164 feet to as low as ...

An earthquake shook Southern California early Monday afternoon. The earthquake reportedly struck about 15 miles near Barstow in San Bernardino County at 1:00 p.m. local time. The temblor ...

Sunny with a high of 102 °F (38.9 °C). Winds variable at 7 to 20 mph (11.3 to 32.2 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 7 to 19 mph (11.3 to 30.6 kph). The overnight low will be 69 °F (20.6 ...

Spider season is here - and the creepy crawlies are set to head indoors as temperatures outside drop. Every autumn ... Spiders ‘taste’ with their legs, and if their legs taste something ...

Spider season is here - and the creepy crawlies are set to head indoors as temperatures outside drop. Every autumn ... Spiders ‘taste’ with their legs, and if their legs taste something ...