Think spiders are small? Think again. Our latest video explores the ten largest spiders on Earth, from species with thick, hairy bodies to giants that can stretch their legs more than a foot across.

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

Out of the hole rushed the biggest wild spider I had ever seen. What’s more, instead of retreating – as most spiders do – it ...

You’re walking back to the house at dusk. Thinking about dinner. Not thinking about spiders. Then you hit a web. Across the face. There’s a big shape hanging in it. If you spend a lot of time outside, ...

Currently, more than 46,000 spider species stretch their eight legs in habitats across the world, in every country and continent except Antarctica. And those are only the ones scientists have been ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...