Rick Hoebeke said he got a strange call in 2014 when a person asked him to come and take look at a bizarre spider. The Georgia Museum of Natural History collection manager had no idea the species ...

The Joro spider has officially shipped up to Boston. The palm-sized, neon-yellow spider from Southeast Asia was first spotted weaving its signature web by a photographer on Beacon Hill this month.

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A spider with a distinct yellow hue and an unsettling skill has made its way into the headlines this week. Will the Jorō spider invade New York? The invasive species was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A huge venomous bright yellow spider that migrated to the United States has captured plenty of social media attention lately. Although the Joro spider looks like something straight ...

A massive colorful spider that, in recent years, has invaded several Southeastern US states, isn't as scary as it might look, scientists say. It's actually shy. According to a new study from the ...

What’s bright yellow, venomous and as big as the palm of your hand? It’s the Jorō spider, and it’s spreading up the East Coast. Spider lovers will be wowed by this eight-legged beauty. Arachnophobes ...

Joro spiders, from Japan, are spreading across the southeastern United States. (Wikimedia Commons) Joro spiders, a large, parachuting, bright yellow spider from Japan, could soon spread across the ...

An invasive spider that is native to Japan and can move across large distances by riding winds and ballooning — which some call parachuting — has spread throughout the Southeast over the past several ...

An Eastern Shore biologist is asking for the public’s help reporting sightings in Maryland of a bright yellow invasive spider that looks scary but is actually harmless to humans. Washington College ...