Researchers have been warning for months that a large, invasive spider species is poised to continue spreading through Georgia into cities along the East Coast. A new study from the University of ...

A new study at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology shows that the invasive Joro spider can easily adapt to busy urban areas. The study bolsters the prediction that the Joro will spread to ...

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Spiders have a reputation for giving some humans a fright, but a team of scientists has flipped the script to learn why one increasingly visible species seems to have an edge on handling stress. Jorō ...

Jorō spiders have spread across some U.S. states in the last decade, and a new study suggests their higher tolerance for urban settings could explain why. In a new study, published Feb. 13 in the ...

Of all the creeping, crawling critters that potentially pose problems for humans, spiders occupy a special niche. Unlike the biting, stinging pests such as hornets, wasps, snakes, and ticks that ...