A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes out of some spiders — and there's a new species to add to the list. Researchers in ...

The Australian Reptile Park is home to more than 2,000 funnel-web spiders. But recently the park received a record-breaking creature when someone turned in a large arachnid. The approximately 3.1-inch ...

Well, at least one is. It’s an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare coming true: A giant Joro spider has been confirmed in Boston for the first time. It’s the first confirmed Joro sighting in Massachusetts, ...

While sorting through a collection of arachnids in South Africa, researchers recently discovered a unique eight-legged critter. The experts were searching for details about the genus Festucula, a type ...