A decade ago, the fate of one of Europe’s largest native spiders actually depended on what happened inside a laboratory. At the time, the great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) was teetering on the ...

In a small patch of undisturbed ancient bushland in Western Australia, researchers stumbled upon a rare “jewel.” Hidden in a burrow in the remnants of the Whadjuk boodja, or Perth’s Swan Coastal Plain ...

Alaska has no established native populations of medically significant spiders, making it one of the safest U.S. states for arachnophobes. Wolf spiders are Alaska’s most commonly encountered large ...

If you find a black widow spider in your yard, you'll need to take both practical and preventative measures, as well as steps ...

Technically, all spiders are at least slightly venomous. However, the vast majority of species in the United States are not considered medically significant. Most cases of spider bites that require ...