A three-inch long Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) was spotted at a local Santa Barbara County business this ...

As temperatures drop, encounters with venomous spiders like the black widow and brown recluse increase. Experts explain the ...

Giant Jorō spiders are spreading across the US at an alarming rate, as scientists warn of unknown impact on local ecosystems.

I bet you're wondering what I'm doing tramping through the woods in Elkridge — well, I'm looking for a spider that shouldn't be here. And it is unnaturally large. Meet the Joro spider, a vibrant ...

There’s an emerging invasive species that, for now, has gone away with the warm weather. But they’re expected to pop up again next year. And they’ve been spotted in Pennsylvania before. USA Today ...

Joro spiders have been spotted in areas across the county, but what are these invasive creatures? When will they be returning? Will they be expanding? While the Joro spider season, which spans from ...

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 ...

EASTERN SHORE, Md. - A biologist at Washington College in Chestertown is calling on Eastern Shore residents to help track sightings of large, bright yellow arachnids native to East Asia as they spread ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...

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 ...

© Credit Ana Carballosa. Courtesy of AE Ops, LLC and Mohari Media US, LLC. Colleen Atwood is no stranger to creating dazzling costumes for musicals, counting such ...