While they may incite fear due to their impressive dimensions, these spiders play crucial roles in their ecosystems and have become subjects of significant scientific interest and study.

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" Big Boy would be classified as a separate species The nocturnal black arachnids are usually spotted within around 150 km of Sydney ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s deadliest. Nicknamed ‘Big Boy’, the species was originally found by Kane ...

The giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima ... shedding their exoskeletons as they increase in size. Depending on the species, they may live for up to two years. We created this article in ...

While you might assume this giant spider is a domestic insect pest, most huntsman species are helpful to humans, eating those pesky cockroaches and mosquitoes that destroy plants and carry disease.

After opening a new production facility in Shanghai’s Jinshan Second Industry Zone / China, US chemicals giant Huntsman (The Woodlands, Texas; www.huntsman.com) is now capable of producing ...

Apart from their nationality, the five new spiders share other common traits. They are tiny - barely the size of a grain of rice - and they like to jump. They are all close relatives of the Australian ...

A bluefin tuna equal to the size and weight of a standard motorcycle was sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for a whopping 207 million yen — roughly $1.3 million. The sale took place at the ...