A subgroup of air-breathing, terrestrial (land) arthropods, spiders are not actually insects but rather belong to the Class Arachnida (a.k.a. arachnid). Besides spiders, other arachnids include ...

Spiders are the largest group of arachnids on earth. Nearly 4,000 species have been described for North America with more yet to be identified. The term arachnid is derived from the Greek word ...

Celine Tails teaches how to properly care for a group of energetic jumping spider animals.

Joro spiders (Trichonephila clavata) first arrived in the U.S. over a decade ago, and they've since become known for building ...

Researchers say a large spider native to East Asia that proliferated in Georgia last year could spread to much of the East Coast. The Joro spider's golden web took over yards all over north Georgia in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A large, brightly colored invasive species ...