New Zealanders might want to check their luggage twice — because some eight-legged travelers may be making themselves at home. Giant Australian spiders, like huntsman spiders, are showing up in ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the heaviest body. A few species are genuine monsters on both counts. Others are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No, it's not an omen or a weird biblical sign of the apocalypse. Thousands of tarantulas are venturing out to find mates just in ...

If spiders creep you out, this one is going to give you a big scare. A photo of a giant Huntsman spider taken in Australia last year has suddenly gone viral. The picture originally was posted last ...

Households across the UK are being urged to shut their windows overnight and rub lemons on their windowsills. Spider season is officially booming, with reports of some giant huntsman spiders appearing ...

Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains don't have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are ...