Fen Raft Spiders actively hunt their prey instead of building webs to catch their next meal. Their legs are covered in tiny hairs that detect the slightest of vibrations on the water’s surface ...

The creepy crawlies were specially bred in test tubes and their liberators are excited to report that it is mating season meaning and there are more than 10,000 breeding females across the country.

"Ten years ago, we helped release THOUSANDS of GIANT spiders back into the U.K.," the zoo captioned its celebratory post. "The fen raft spiders were bred right here at the zoo, and we're super ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

The New York Times had a fascinating piece on the relatively large size of spider brains. They’re so big, they even occupy parts of the spider’s legs! I know spiders are a love-hate thing for ...

Joro spiders —giant, flying arachnids that originate in Japan—are on the move again, having been spotted in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts in recent weeks. Are they coming closer to Ohio?

Giant spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK following conservation efforts. A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species ...

The English zoo celebrated 10 years since they released thousands of giant fen raft spiders into the United Kingdom after the species almost became extinct, the Chester Zoo wrote on Facebook.