Spiders come in all shapes and sizes, but these giant species stand out for their massive leg spans and impressive weight.

In the depths of the ocean, near the South Sandwich Islands, a remarkable marine creature has been filmed. This is not an ...

Per ARP's social media statement, female funnel-web spiders are usually larger than males, but Hercules is as big as the largest female spider of the same species handed into the park's funnel-web ...

A Brit was in for a surprise when 'Europe's largest spider' – a venomous species with a 'huge appetite' – arrived with his ...

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 ...

The creature "has for some time been considered to be Europe's largest spider", according to a 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological Society. "It has also gained a ...

It "has for some time been considered to be Europe's largest spider", according to a 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological Society. The description added: "It has also ...

The arachnid "has for some time been considered to be Europe's largest spider", according to a 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological Society. "It has also gained a ...

And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth, Japanese spider crabs are the largest, spanning up to 12.5 feet from the tip of one front claw to the other. They’re also one ...

Despite their name, tarantula hawks (Pepsis genus) are actually a species of spider wasp. You can see the largest species of tarantula hawk wasp, Pepsis heros, at the Museum. It's on diplay in Hintze ...

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The arachnid "has for some time been considered to be Europe's largest spider", according to a 1989 description of the species from the British Arachnological Society. "It has also gained a reputation ...