In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that are 3-4 ...

A Brit was in for a surprise when 'Europe's largest spider' – a venomous species with a 'huge appetite' – arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a nursery in ...

"Giant" spiders which are almost the "size of a newborn rat" are making a comeback in the UK, years after it was believed to be extinct. Fen raft spiders, commonly known as great raft spiders, are one ...