Cornwall, UK - Live and let live! Ellinor Smith acted on this motto when she recently discovered a large spider in her room. Then something horrific happened. Live ...

The giant house spider is one of our fastest invertebrates, running up to half a metre per second. This large, brown spider spins sheet-like cobwebs and pops up in the dark corners of houses, ...

Season: These spiders are usually seen in the autumn months when males leave their webs in search of females. They frequently enter homes through open windows, chimneys or gaps beneath doors. A large ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed 'Big Boy'. (Photo: Reuters) The same antivenom is effective in treating bites from "Big Boy", scientists said. "Sometimes you ...

Indian scientists have discovered a new species of spider that looks “uncannily” like the sorting hat in Harry Potter and have named it after its owner Godric Gryffindor, they said Thursday. Indian ...