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An exhibition of the French artist's work with fabrics is tailor-made for a collector's apartment, but too elegant to be properly disturbing

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police searching for drugs in a Brussels apartment have discovered 37 cannabis plants — as well as a collection of dozens of poisonous spiders, scorpions and

Prosecutors in Brussels say two people suspected of growing cannabis have been arrested this week in a Brussels apartment that contained a more unusual find: tarantulas, scorpions and bearded dragons

BRUSSELS (AP) — Two people suspected of growing cannabis were arrested this week in a Brussels apartment that contained a more unusual find: tarantulas, scorpions and bearded dragons.

Scientists have detected colour blindness in jumping spiders in a recent study. The research, published in 'The Science of Nature,' examines Saitis barbipes, a common jumping spider found in Europe and North Africa.  It was conducted by University of Cincinnati associate professor Nathan Morehouse and an international team of researchers led by Cynthia Tedore at the University of Hamburg The flamboyant dandies of the eight-legged set, have names inspired by peacocks, cardinals, and ot...

Jumping spiders may have exceptional eyes, but one adorable species seems to have a curious lack in the vision department. New experimental evidence suggests that a jumping spider called Saitis barbipes has no photoreceptors capable of perceiving t

Having a new species of worm named after you may not seem like the highest honor, but in the case of Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi , it's a worm that comes with a cinematic edge....

The worms have been named after Jeff Daniels, star of the seminal 1990 comedy-horror film "Arachnophobia."

"He was shut inside a plastic tub so we believe he had been abandoned in the carriage," an animal official said.

These fascinating spiders only live for about a year and have particularly interesting family arrangements.