Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

I f you're not a big fan of spiders, brace yourself, because the Brazilian wandering spider we're about to go into a lot of detail about one of the most dangerous spiders on the planet. With a ...

THIS is the terrifying moment hundreds of spiders appear to “rain down” from the sky. Hundreds of eight-legged crawlers ...

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

Brazilian Web site designer Erick Reis left a friend’s house last week and saw something spectacular—a giant network of spider’s webs covering the sky. Fat spiders, resting on silk hanging from power ...

The Art and Science of Arachnids” is an interactive, educational and fear-free celebration of the eight-legged creatures. The exhibit runs through May 4 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln ...

The Brazilian salmon pink birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana) is a sight to behold in the spider world. This species is one of the most impressive tarantulas, renowned for its significant size. With a ...

The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, holds the record for the largest leg span at around 12 inches. It prefers to hunt instead of building webs. Prehistoric spiders tended to be larger on average ...

There, guarding its brood, was one of the world’s most venomous spiders. Before safely relocating it outdoors, he photographed the human-hand-sized Brazilian wandering spider using forced perspective ...