Thousands of giant spiders 'the size of a human hand' are on the loose in the UK after a zoo decided to let them run free.

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.

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central Coast, and the ...

Well, this spider (sometimes misnamed the Goliath bird-eating spider) is huge, but it doesn't eat birds often enough to warrant the name. That said, at least half of the Goliath birdeater's name is ...

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.

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world ... for a total of 13 deaths although no human fatalities have occurred since the ...