In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that are 3-4 ...

Currently, more than 46,000 spider species stretch their eight legs in habitats across the world, in every country and continent except Antarctica. And those are only the ones scientists have been ...

Every summer, like clockwork, the giant house spider emerges from the shadows. From July through September, males abandon their damp basements, sheds and storage closets, venturing boldly into ...

You might think a spider with legs spanning over a foot wide belongs only in nightmares or works of fiction. But these giants are very real, and they exist in our world today. This incredible video ...

Few creatures have earned a reputation as chilling as the Sydney funnel-web spider. Found across eastern Australia, this ...

It’s tarantula mating season in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. The big spiders crawl across roads and between scrubby vegetation on the plains. You’ll often see dozens of the eight-legged ...