But often, the male seems to welcome his fate, actively somersaulting onto his partner’s fangs. There’s a reason for these suicidal gymnastics. In 1996, Maydianne Andrade found that sexual ...

[Related: Newly discovered tarantulas may already be in danger.] After hooking onto her fangs using his legs, the male mates quickly and then detaches in rapid succession. Many times, however ...

SYDNEY — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world’s most venomous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park where it will help ...

Male spider venom contains a neurotoxin that ... rearing up on their hind legs and showing off their 0.8-inch-long (2 cm) fangs. According to the Australian Museum, they are also capable of ...

Once our male—let’s call him Spiderman—carefully extracted his hooks from his mate’s fangs, he dropped to the ground and scurried backward while the female was still reared up like a horse ...