If someone told you there’s a spider in Hawaiʻi with a smiley face on its back, you might assume they’re exaggerating. Or joking. But this tiny creature is very real, and it’s one of those nature ...

I recently told the harrowing story of a gent who stomped on a metal jack with his bare foot when he mistook it for a spider. Seems there is a rash (is two a rash?) of these "imposter spider" ...

Mary Nell Barringer adds to our spiderweb stories: "One morning I went out at sunup to pick up my newspaper, and got caught up in a spiderweb on my porch. "I went stumbling down the steps, jumping up ...

Imagine trekking through the lush, high-altitude rainforests of Maui or the Big Island, turning over a leaf, and finding a tiny creature smiling right back at you. This isn't a scene from a cartoon; ...

From smiley spiders in Hawaiʻi to water-repelling flies in Utah, these incredible insects are worth the trip. An eastern firefly zooms through the air. There are over 177 species of the glowing ...

"I remember one of your correspondents saying she was glad spiders can't fly," says Mary Pramuk. "They don't need to — they're acrobats. "My husband and I were sitting in the last row at a concert ...

Dear Smiley: My now-deceased best friend, Allen Steinman, and I were going squirrel hunting and we wanted to get into the woods before the sun came up so we could get set up on a particularly good ...