More than 43,000 different spider species roam the Earth, but these creepy crawlers do not always go bump in the night. The eight-legged insects vary in size and shape, with the smallest spiders in ...

Throughout history, tales of giant spiders have gripped the human imagination — from Arachne, the half-woman, half-spider figure in Greek mythology to J'ba Fofi, the rumored monkey-size spider of the ...

Mr Naskrecki is a Harvard-trained entomologist (insect scientist). Part of his job for the Smithsonian Institution is to collect specimens to return to collections in museums for further study. When ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are over 45,000 species of spiders in existence, but ...

Everyone loves spiders... right? These eight-legged creatures come in all shapes and sizes, but Mia wants to know which ones take home the award for being the BIGGEST. But Why – A show for curious ...

Spiders first evolved around 400 million years ago, and some of the eight-legged wonders that appeared all that time ago are also similar to some of the largest seen on earth to this very today. PhD ...

Currently, more than 46,000 spider species stretch their eight legs in habitats across the world, in every country and continent except Antarctica. And those are only the ones scientists have been ...

The tropo-climes of South America are home to many unusual animals. In fact, for arachnophiles the northern part of the continent contains some incredible rainforests worth visiting. In South America, ...