By Saif Hasnat and Anupreeta Das Saif Hasnat reported from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Anupreeta Das from New Delhi. Bangladesh is facing a fresh bout of violence as members of a student protest ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

Bangladesh’s new government is struggling to deal with a host of issues, including a stumbling economy and human rights violations, left behind by the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, ...

ISLAMABAD -- Relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh are experiencing a historic thaw following the ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last August. Exchanges of officials are ...

The confrontation erupted after Indian farmers accused their Bangladeshi counterparts of crossing the border to steal crops, BSF officials said Farmers from India and Bangladesh clashed along the ...

Experts have revealed that the spectacle of spiders falling from the sky is a natural occurrence. A chilling spectacle unfolded in Sao Thome das Letras, Brazil, as hundreds of eight-legged ...

This winter, with record snow in New Orleans and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, has not been ...

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NEW DELHI – A border fence has emerged as a fresh source of tension between India and Bangladesh, underlining the growing disconnect between the two countries that were once an exemplar of good ...