Spiders are among Earth's most resourceful predators, nabbing prey by any means necessary. Orb weavers spin webs for capture.

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses ...

Cobra venoms are enriched with toxins of low molecular mass, known as three-finger toxins (Panel A). Some of these are neurotoxins, which bind with high affinity to the nicotinic cholinergic receptors ...

You might expect danger to come with claws or size, but the real threat often comes in small, quiet forms. These animals kill ...

The Inland Taipan is a venomous snake with the world’s deadliest bite. With venom capable of killing a human in minutes, this ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But each spider’s venom is a cocktail of ingredients as varied as their hunting ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Cordes, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) Spiders are among Earth’s ...