When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called ...

The spiny orb-weaver spider, true to its name, boasts a rounded abdomen adorned with numerous spines, resembling the shape of a crab’s shell. These spines, often brightly colored in hues of ...

Tis the season for spooky stories, and just in time for Halloween, the spider that news headlines have described as “giant,” ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has come back out to play. Orb weaver spiders, one of the most common ...

Orb weaver bites cause mild pain and swelling ... What they look like: Wolf spiders are big hairy spiders that range between a 1/4 inch to 1 and 3/8 inches in length. They’re usually dark ...

It's not surprising the strikingly large, colorful spiders native to Asia have reached the national park. What does it mean for the native ecosystem?

Georgians should be familiar with the big yellow Joro spider that's found ... that their venom is similar to that of other ...

Like the marbled orb-weaver, some people call this species a pumpkin spider, probably because the females have a big orange ...

Jerry (Tin Yuen) Tsang (Hong Kong) highlights a dewdrop spider as an orb weaver looms in the background. Jerry spent a day squatting under spider webs, his camera pointed up to the sky. The light ...

A Ph.D. student at the University of Louisville is taking her research to the forests of Panama, studying on an island in the ...

Different types of spiders specialize in catching different prey. Orb-weaver spiders, for example, build large, circular webs between plants to trap flying insects like flies, moths, and mosquitoes.