Georgia is home to several spider species, and some are venomous. What do they look like? How dangerous are they? What to do ...

A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to ...

Spider webs combine complex principles of physics and chemistry to create one of the world's most remarkable substances. We explain how.

As the weather grows warmer, more spiders will begin to appear. Here are the 10 venomous spiders in Louisiana and typical reactions to poisonous bites.

Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual. These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs. Spiderlings disperse soon ...

It regularly receives photographic submissions of large, black spiders suspected of being Sydney funnel-web spiders (genus Atrax) or other closely related funnel-webs (Hadronyche). These ...