They're native to the lowland forests of eastern Madagascar. In this spider-eat-spider jungle environment, the spider will spin vast nets suspended above rivers and lakes to catch an abundance of ...

The word "tarantula" is not commonly used in our everyday language. Yet, everyone immediately knows what it means: a large, hairy spider. Today, people might be more inclined to say "bird spider." But ...

On an island in Papua New Guinea, a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue made itself at home in a village garden — or it tried to, at least. Locals spotted the “smooth” animal and caught it. They ...

From needles, snakes and airplanes to test-taking, speech-making and germs, sources of all-encompassing panic can make ...

A two-year study into the Australian wishbone spiders by experts from Queensland Museum, Western Australian Museum and the ...