Most people would agree that spiders are pretty icky. But, in general, you can get yourself to chill TF out when you see one by reminding yourself that youre way bigger and stronger than they are. A ...
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 ...
When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the heaviest body. A few species are genuine monsters on both counts. Others are ...
In bushland near Melbourne last year, Dr. Vanessa Penna-Gonçalves was collecting certain "social" species of huntsman and crab spiders for her Ph.D. research, and peeled back a strip of eucalyptus ...