Spiders are some of the most common creatures we share our homes with. While they may seem scary at first, most house spider species are harmless and even helpful, keeping pest insects under control.

It is something researchers have suspected for 20 years. Now they know for sure the Newcastle funnel-web is bigger, scarier, ...

Sea spiders don't do anything by the book, and researchers have just gotten to the bottom of how they breathe.

Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its ...