People in North Texas are also likely to come across wolf spiders, garden spiders and even tarantulas, especially during the ...

Native to Asia, the Joro spiders were first detected in Western North Carolina in 2021. Here's everything to know this spring ...

Spiders and insects are often considered pests. Some people would rather see the creepy-crawly creatures dead than buzzing around their heads or creating webs in the corners of their property. In part ...

Spring is here, and with the season comes invasive spiders that experts say have spread to a handful of states over the past decade. The spider, called the Joro spider, is native to East Asia and was ...

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A decade ago, the fate of one of Europe’s largest native spiders actually depended on what happened inside a laboratory. At the time, the great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) was teetering on the ...

A breakthrough discovery in Utah has revealed a 500-million-year-old chelicera fossil that is the oldest known spider and scorpion ancestor.

There's a new species of spider spreading across the U.S. that can be as big as the palm of your hand and can soar through ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...