Massive spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK after a zoo released them into the wild. ...

Their population was revived over a 15-year periodTen years ago, thousands of rare spiders the size of rats were ...

Have you heard yet about the giant, venomous flying spider that could potentially invade ... make their way to New England any time soon? As of right now, they're not considered a threat ...

False widows - Britain's most venomous spider There are reports ... homes across the UK every autumn False widow spiders arrived in south-west England in the 1870s It is Britain's most venomous ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

It's not going to happen." Dr Tim Cockerill from the University of South Wales concurs, saying all of the 650 species of spider in the UK "are only dangerous if you happen to be a fly or a small ...

The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy The Chester Zoo is looking back on a monumental ...

It appears flying, venomous Joro spiders are ballooning their way even further north in the United States after a sighting reportedly took place this week in New England. Boston resident Sally ...

Afraid of spiders? Your aversion might actually be wise. Though the many-legged arachnids are a great deal smaller than we are, some can be extremely dangerous with bites that could end a human life.

Listen to audio highlights from this interview. Poisonous spiders, sexual cannibalism, adaptive suicide—biologist Maydianne Andrade jokes that her research makes for good cocktail party ...

If 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 venom ...