You’re walking back to the house at dusk. Thinking about dinner. Not thinking about spiders. Then you hit a web. Across the face. There’s a big shape hanging in it. If you spend a lot of time outside, ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

South Carolinians who are proud of where they live may not realize they've been killing the state spider, often mistaken for the brown recluse. The Carolina wolf spider was designated the official ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

An invasive spider with a bite that feels similar to a bee sting has found its way into Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to the National Park Service. Joro spiders originated in East ...

A decade ago, the fate of one of Europe’s largest native spiders actually depended on what happened inside a laboratory. At the time, the great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) was teetering on the ...