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

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 ...

How many people does it take to remove a huntsman spider? Well, for three friends living together, it took all their best efforts to finally remove the eight-legged intruder from their bathroom. When ...

In order to be less scared, I imagine the huge Australian huntsman as a girlie, just chilling and listening to us yap. It sounds dumb, but it worked (a little bit) Read more summer essentials I am ...

Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains don't have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are ...