These giant spiders are invading Georgia and making big yellow webs. Here's what to know about them and how to deal with them ...

"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 ...

Joros don’t typically pose serious threats to humans. But their autumnal abundance does appear to be the source of ...

If you’re scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn’t help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

Experts say they’re seeing an increase in spiders this fall. One of the most noticeable spiders they’re seeing is the ...

After crafting a gauzy web, a spider might reckon that the construction isn’t complete. Some spiders, known as orb weavers, ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

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, ...

You may have heard about some not-so-itsy-bitsy venomous flying spiders that can soar with the winds, love to eat butterflies and are already appearing along the East Coast. They're called Joro ...