During the cold and quiet winter, most insects and their predators vanish from sight. But tucked into silken sacs under pear ...

There are more than 50,000 species of spiders in the world, of all different sizes. They live in a wide range of habitats and ...

Paul Hetzler discusses the many spiders that inhabit North America as well as the Adirondacks, though most are not venomous.

Although many people have a built-in aversion to them, spiders rank as one of the gardener's best tools for biological pest control. They also are one of the few pest predators that don't eat plants. ...