Mark Moffet is an ecologist and wildlife photographer by trade, but he is also naturally gifted in spinning yarns. Here, Moffet shares exceptional stories about spiders—battling, leaping, shedding skin, or lurking in the rubble of Aztec burial grounds deep in the earth. In sharing his stories, Moffet challenges us to go out and explore the natural world to find some stories of our own.

Image courtesy of Thomas Shahan; Recorded June 2010; Posted March 2011