The brown tarantula is about the size of an apple or orange. University of Missouri-St. Louis scientist Becky Hansis-O’Neill ...

Over the course of several months, researchers discovered and eliminated more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders in the ...

If you love spiders, or even if you hate them, do we have a story for you. A massive spider colony has been discovered in a ...

Brown recluse spiders are one of the most venomous spiders in the U.S., but you don't need to fear them if you can make this ...

A few years ago, the owner of a house in Georgia captured an epic battle between a brown widow spider and a brown snake. Black widows are widely known as one of the most dangerous on Earth, but in ...

Rescue personnel on the island of Kauai responded to an incident on a remote trail near the famous Napali Coast last week ...

In a remote wildlife sanctuary of southern Australia, a flower photographer noticed some movement in the bushes and spotted an unfamiliar colorful creature. He snapped a few photos and shared them ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...

In the dunes between Monterey and Mexico’s Baja California, Jochim and her coauthors discovered a new species of spider that until now has been hidden in plain sight: Aptostichus ramirezae. The new ...

The hiker was rescued while attempting the Kalalau Trail, a challenging 22-mile round-trip trek from Ke’e Beach to Kalalau Beach. The 22-mile round-trip trek offers the only access to the rugged ...

Just in time for Halloween, researchers have identified a new species of trapdoor spider. The newly discovered Aptostichus ...

Laurens County, South Carolina – During the classic spooky season plastic spiders greet trick-or- treaters in front yards and ...