We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you have just one houseplant, it's probably a spider plant. That's hardly surprising when you consider all the reasons why a spider plant ...

When you're busy working in the garden and a spider suddenly appears, it can definitely give you a start, but the spider is just as scared of you as you are of it. You're far bigger, for one thing.

A small Australian spider uses a Cirque du Soleil-worthy tactic to prey on fierce ants. By Sam Jones Spiders have no shortage of strategies to capture their prey. Some hunt in packs, others set traps ...