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

Joro spiders, those scary-looking critters that can apparently fly through the air when their giant webs are lifted by the wind, have been making big headlines in recent weeks — mainly because of ...

In the depths of the Peruvian jungle, the Brown family encounter the purple-kneed tarantula. But does it actually exist?

Meet the man who lives with over 1,000 tarantulas — and travels up and down England helping people overcome their fears of creepy crawlies. Aaron Phoenix, 37, began accumulating them in the summer of ...

If you suffer from arachnophobia, this is the time of year when you’re most likely to run into one of your worst nightmares: a tarantula. It’s mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in ...

Spiders might make you shiver, but they’re also some of the most fascinating creatures out there. With their intricate webs and mind-blowing survival skills, these eight-legged wonders do way more ...

The joro spider, an invasive species from Japan, has rapidly spread throughout the southeastern United States and is now advancing beyond that area. Known for their striking yellow and black ...

Spiders can be spotted around us easily but many people feel scared around the house spider but these little creatures are interesting and fun. They live quietly in our homes and kill the unnecessary ...

Spiders are amazing animals who far too often get a bad rap because of hysterical and misleading public media. I’m continually intrigued by watching them negotiate my home and land around where I live ...

There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him. In a better documented ...