In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...

Here are some spiders that can be deadly towards humans or can cause certain level of harm from which you should be stay away.

Found in deserts, its venom causes intense pain, fever, and convulsions, and can be fatal for children and the elderly. One ...

Professor Glenn King with a live female funnel web spider in this lab at the University of Queensland. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian Discovered in 2016, the molecule in the venom of ...

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise ...

Most spiders are harmless to humans, as their venom is rarely dangerous except for very young children or those with weak immune systems. Whereas venomous snakes are more dangerous due to their larger ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a ...

A nursery owner was in for a surprise when a large venomous spider with a “huge appetite” arrived with his delivery of olives. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s ...

A West Sussex nursery owner was in for a surprise when a large venomous spider with a “huge appetite” arrived with his delivery of olives.

As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the UK’s largest spiders and the story of a man who ended up in hospital after ...