New Zealanders might want to check their luggage twice — because some eight-legged travelers may be making themselves at home. Giant Australian spiders, like huntsman spiders, are showing up in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The giant Joro spiders, known to grow as big as a human hand, haven’t yet made it to New York City, but they did get as close as nearby Philadelphia, experts have reported. On ...

Giant venomous spiders with 4-inch-long legs continue to invade the U.S., researchers say, but they don't appear to pose any major threats to humans -- yet. Studies show Joro spiders, originally from ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid is a ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the heaviest body. A few species are genuine monsters on both counts. Others are ...

Has it seemed lately like creepy-critter news just keeps on coming? Arachnophobes from Arlington to Annapolis got a recent fright due to alarming reports of four-inch Joro spiders flying up the ...

'A Real Bug's Life', the new Disney+ original series from National Geographic, used cutting-edge filming technology to capture insect drama Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance Saturday after being injured in a collision that officials at California’s Death Valley National Park said was caused by a tarantula. The ...

As Jessiah Hahs Brinkley and other insect enthusiasts lead the charge in challenging perceptions, the potential for ...