Every summer, like clockwork, the giant house spider emerges from the shadows. From July through September, males abandon ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the spider ...

From the familiar house spider lurking in the corner of a ceiling to the imposing tarantulas that can span the size of a dinner plate, arachnids have always fascinated—and unsettled—humans. With their ...