When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

Currently, more than 46,000 spider species stretch their eight legs in habitats across the world, in every country and continent except Antarctica. And those are only the ones scientists have been ...

If the giant spider Aragog in Harry Potter had you hiding under your sheet, then it might be a bit of a shocker to know that he has a home and about 110,000 neighbours on the Albania-Greek border. And ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

Sulfur caves are among the most extreme habitats on Earth. They are completely dark and filled with hydrogen sulfide gas, which is toxic to most life-forms. Inside, species’ survival depends on ...

Scientists have discovered what may be the world's largest spider web. Researchers found the colossal web hosting a megacity of around 111,000 spiders in Sulfur Cave, a site located on the border ...

The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials. They have a central structure ...

The colony was located on the Greece-Albania border in Europe Cover Images via AP Images The world's largest spider web has been discovered in an underwater cave on the border of Greece and Albania in ...

It can be pretty scary finding any sort of spider in your bath but imagine coming across one that has a leg span of 12 inches. In this slideshow, we will introduce you to the largest spider species on ...

Arachnophobes look away now. Deep inside a pitch-black cave straddling the Albanian-Greek border, researchers have uncovered what may be the largest spider web ever recorded—teeming with more than 111 ...