What's the size of a dinner plate and lives in a cave? It's not the heaviest, but this Asian spider is the world's biggest.

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

From the familiar house spider lurking in the corner of a ceiling to the imposing tarantulas that can span the size of a ...

A member of the tarantula family, the Goliath birdeater takes the prize for the heaviest spider in the world. As is the case with many spiders, the females are bigger than the males because they ...

An invasive spider with a bite that feels similar to a bee sting has found its way into Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ...