Regardless of being the biggest spider in the world, human beings don’t need to worry too much about encountering them. If you’re scared that a venomous bite by this creature can kill you, we can ...

Even though spiders don’t bite (unless daunted), their multi-legged body is spooky enough to terrify ... They burn off the urticating hair, then wrap the spider in banana leaves before roasting. Being ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, ...

The Goliath birdeater doesn't just it birds. It also eats small rodents, frogs and insects. Milan Zygmunt / Shutterstock ...

It's the world's largest spider — and the heaviest ... stalks the jungle floors of South America and packs a painful bite which can also be dangerous to humans. This family of species has ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a ...

The Newcastle funnel-web was found to be the most venomous of the three, making it the most venomous spider in the world. "While funnel-web bites are the most severe among spiders, they are not ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its ... as a result of funnel-web bites. Since its introduction ...