Spiders, whether you know it or not, are all around us, but what may alarm you is the truth about how much biomass these ...

You may have heard about some not-so-itsy-bitsy venomous flying spiders that can soar with the winds, love to eat butterflies and are already appearing along the East Coast. They're called Joro ...

If you're scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn't help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake ...

She’s got long legs, a chic yellow outfit and menacing twinkly eyes. But don’t worry … she won’t bite. Or will she? Over the past year, the massive Joro spider has made headlines as it expanded its ...

You know the feeling. You're sweeping your basement or cleaning your garage and a big spider scurries out from under your broom. What is it? Do you need to do anything except jump and maybe give a ...

NEW YORK — A large, brightly colored invasive species called the Joro spider is on the move in the United States. Populations have been growing in parts of the South and East Coast for years, and many ...

The giant, parachuting spiders known as Joro spiders, are starting to spread from the southeastern United States and have made an appearance in a suburb of Philadelphia. There was a sighting earlier ...

Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...

Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren’t actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...