Spiders are a success story in evolution: They have been around for about 400 million years, and more than 48,000 species of them are distributed in almost every habitat on Earth. They are also expert ...

It's a quiet autumn evening. You're enjoying some TV, when an unscripted movement catches your eye. A large house spider (Tegenaria domestica) is striding across the rug toward you. You make a sudden ...