The Joro spider has drawn all sorts of reaction on social media The colorful spider's leg length is 6-to-8 inches, but only females get that big The spiders may not just crawl up the East Coast – it's ...

While I am a big fan of spiders year-round, now is the time of year when I truly appreciate their presence in my yard as they stalk their herbivorous insect prey. One of the most beautiful spiders I ...

If you despise spiders, then you know the struggle seeing these creepy crawlers make their way into homes and gardens during the autumn season. While most types of spiders commonly seen at home are ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

This time of year is a good time to look for the yellow garden spider. This big, beautiful mostly yellow-and-black spider is a female. The male yellow garden spider, as shown here, is much smaller.

Spiders and insects may not be fan favorites, but they are vital to the health of ecosystems—and scientists barely know how they’re doing. Researchers found that nearly 90% of North America’s insect ...

Researchers from Germany and Laos have discovered a previously unknown diversity of spiders in the limestone caves of ...

It may be September in North Georgia, but it looks more like Halloween. Millions of palm-sized Joro spiders have suspended themselves in three-dimensional golden webs on porches, power lines and ...