TORONTO, October 22, 2009 — New research shows that male suitors of a female cannibalistic spider risk facing a premature death unless they perform an adequate courtship lasting a minimum of 100 ...

Female Australian redback spiders have unique ways of controlling who fathers their offspring, Canadian researchers say. Lindsay Snow and Dr Maydianne Andrade of the University of Toronto report that ...

Researchers have discovered that a certain species of male spiders catapult away to avoid sexual cannibalism. Cannibalism after mating is a well-known trait in many species of spiders. While the ...

Big males outperform smaller ones in head-to-head mating contests but diminutive males make ten times better lovers because they're quicker to mature and faster on their feet, a new study of redback ...

SOME of Australia’s most dreaded creatures are about to come out for the summer. This is what you should know ahead of time. We’re especially warned to be on the lookout for potentially deadly redback ...