The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials. They have a central structure ...

A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike ...

Out of the hole rushed the biggest wild spider I had ever seen. What’s more, instead of retreating – as most spiders do – it ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

"Giant" spiders which are almost the "size of a newborn rat" are making a comeback in the UK, years after it was believed to be extinct. Fen raft spiders, commonly known as great raft spiders, are one ...

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 ...