While some tarantula species will tolerate being handled, it’s really important to understand their behavior, anatomy ... while ensuring both you and your spider stay comfortable and safe ...

The large, hairy spiders are often depicted as dangerous but Jim Mason, of the Great Plains Nature Center, said the spiders are generally docile. Tarantulas rear up on their back legs when they ...

It prefers to hunt instead of building webs. Prehistoric spiders tended to be larger on average than their modern counterparts, with most fossils discovered sporting leg spans of at least a few inches ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

The aim of the research is to answer the question of why jumping spider anatomy and behaviour evolved the way it did, and secondly, to use this improved understanding of spiders to imagine a new class ...