"Imagine a grape in the palm of your hand. That's about the size of their abdomen," Andrew Davis, a research scientist in the ecology department at the University of Georgia, says. He's talking about ...

Once a spider web has been abandoned, it will start to gather dust and dirt, which is what we’ve come to recognize as a ...

The females of this invasive spider can reach up to 4 inches. And though they don't pose a danger to humans, they are harmful ...

DALLAS – An eerie sight is greeting drivers in the Dallas suburb of Rowlett. Giant spider webs are draping the trees at Lakeside Park near Lake Ray Hubbard. "In the trees along a football field-length ...

BOSTON - The giant flying Joro spider was nowhere to be found in Boston on Thursday. The paparazzi have been out in full force on Mount Vernon street, hoping to get a shot of the venomous black and ...

Researchers have been warning for months that a large, invasive spider species is poised to continue spreading through Georgia into cities along the East Coast. A new study from the University of ...

Spiders use their webs as giant microphones, reveals new research. The arachnids weave webs to trap their insect prey, but scientists have discovered that the sticky strands also help them hear what's ...

ATHENS, Greece -- It's not quite the World Wide Web - but the spiders of Aitoliko in Greece have made a good start. Spurred into overdrive by an explosion in the populations of insects they eat, ...

A GIANT fish-eating spider once thought to be extinct in Britain has been spotted creeping back into UK homes — and experts ...