(NEXSTAR) — As the onset of summer nears, so too do warmer temperatures and mating season for many of the nearly 900 spider species in Texas. Even though you’re unlikely to cross paths with many of ...

These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

Female Banana Spiders (Nephila clavipes) are one of the largest orb-weavers in this country, rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana Spider ...

A giant, flying venomous spider is making headlines across the nation — and for obvious reasons. The invasive Joro spider from Japan will soon make its way to the Northeast after initially invading ...

HOUSTON, Texas (Storyful/KFOR) – Dead spiders are being used in a unique way at a university in Texas, where researchers have figured out a useful purpose for spider carcasses. Rice University ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — If mosquitos, cockroaches and cicadas aren’t enough for you, another crawling friend is breaking out for the summer: tarantulas. Tarantula mating season started in May and lasts ...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the male and female spider monkeys were inside of a pet carrier and were ...

After serving time for trying to sneak a spider monkey into the country, a Katy woman was arrested again after using her family to sell another spider monkey and some toucans to federal investigators.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - One person was arrested after border agents found seven spider monkeys inside a backpack in Brownsville, Texas. U.S. Border Patrol’s RGV Sector released footage showing the ...

A Texas woman entering the US told border officials the wooden box in her car was filled with beer. In reality, it was an endangered spider monkey she planned to sell. The 20-year-old woman pleaded ...