The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

So the large eyes of this spider make them appear even more endearing. Jumping spiders are appealingly fuzzy, often sporting bright colors ... side of the principal eyes have a wider field of view, ...

Regal jumping spiders are small but striking arachnids. Adult males are about 0.47 inches (12 mm) long on average, while adult males are on average 0.59 inches (15 mm) long. They have distinct ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo has welcomed three cute new residents — a trio of young Mexican spider monkeys who have ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

You've heard about this swallowing spiders while you sleep thing right? And supposedly it's just part of sleeping. Ewwwwwww! Chalk this up as something I just don't want to know. Except ...

Almost every Australian is taught, from a very young age, to be cautious around the funnel-web spider. These large, black, aggressive arachnids can be found along the eastern coast of the ...

A rumour of "aag lag gayi, aag lag gayi (There's a fire, there's a fire)," triggered the outbreak of mass panic among train passengers and everyone started running, jumping off the train ...