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Spider

Flying Joro spiders spreading this summer: What to know

  • Jun 7, 2024

Tarantula on roadway causes crash in Death Valley

  • Oct 31, 2023

Here's why you're seeing spiderwebs in the sky, according to experts

  • Oct 6, 2023

Australian huntsman spider interrupts COVID press conference: VIDEO

  • Dec 17, 2021

Listen to this: Scientists translate spider webs into music

  • Apr 15, 2021

Spiders take refuge on man's backyard fence amid Australia floods: VIDEO

  • Mar 28, 2021

These spiders lack ears, but they can hear you, study says

  • Oct 30, 2020

Doctors find venomous brown recluse spider inside woman's ear

  • Aug 23, 2019

Latest Videos

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Wisconsin school closes after spiders bite student, teacher

  • Dec 10, 2022
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Huntsman spider crawls on Australian health minister during COVID press conference

  • Dec 17, 2021
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Spiders take refuge on man's backyard fence amid New South Wales floods

  • Mar 28, 2021
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Ohio man finds black widow spider in broccoli

  • Aug 14, 2018
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New Brookfield Zoo spider exhibit opens Saturday

  • May 22, 2018
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World's oldest spider found in Australia, lived 43 years

  • May 1, 2018

Latest Stories

Hurricanes can make spiders more aggressive, new research shows

It's just the kind of thing you want to hear when you're in hurricane season, right?

  • Aug 20, 2019
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Photos: Spider catches, eats bat in web outside Texas home

We now know what nightmares are made of: huge spiders eating bats!

  • Aug 9, 2019
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'Stuff of nightmares' photos show reported huntsman spider eating pygmy possum

Justine Latton, who said her husband took the remarkable photos, said it's important to understand the scale of the animals.

  • Jun 19, 2019
Maggie Grundler

Researchers spot dinner plate-sized tarantula dragging its next meal across rainforest floor

Even a spider has to eat, but you might have never realized just how nightmarish it can be.

  • Mar 2, 2019

Man uses blowtorch to kill spiders, sets parents' home on fire

The Fresno Fire Department said a man who was house-sitting for his parents set the home on fire after he used a blowtorch to kill black widows.

  • Oct 24, 2018