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 ...

Dr Robert Bustard, 59, of Alyth, Perthshire,who breeds more than 19,000 crickets a week to feed his pets, has hundreds of species of large and hairy spiders in his collection. However, his prized ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard of a spider that eats its own web? Chances are, you probably haven’t, but that is what Darwin’s bark spider is famous for. These spiders eat their own silk to produce more later, ...

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 ...

Number 16 was a Gauis villosus spider that was among the first group of dispersing spiderlings included in the study. She was ...

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