Giant Joro spiders from Asia have invaded Maryland. These yellow and black orb-weavers make 18-inch webs and could spread throughout the state.

The biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded — a deadly behemoth measuring 3.6 inches (9.2 centimeters) from foot to foot — has been handed into a zoo in Australia. The spider is so large, its ...

Giant Jorō spiders are spreading across the US at an alarming rate, as scientists warn of unknown impact on local ecosystems.

Talk about nightmare fuel, am I right? Scientists recently discovered what appears to be the world's largest spider web. Fortunately, it's on the other side of the world from your's truly. They found ...

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

Scientists have discovered a giant spider web spanning about half the size of a tennis court and with some 111,000 spiders in a cave on the border between Greece and Albania. The web in the "Sulfur ...

BOSTON - The giant flying Joro spider was nowhere to be found in Boston on Thursday. The paparazzi have been out in full force on Mount Vernon street, hoping to get a shot of the venomous black and ...

ATHENS, Greece -- It's not quite the World Wide Web - but the spiders of Aitoliko in Greece have made a good start. Spurred into overdrive by an explosion in the populations of insects they eat, ...