MYAKKA CITY, Fla. – Combine a dead spider with a dead frog and you have the stuff nightmares are made of. Florida woman Christine Watts spotted the disgusting duo clinging to the outside of her Myakka ...

These huntsman spiders—their full scientific title is Sparassidae, Damastes sp.—prefer to sit and wait in traps they built for the kill. Dominic Martin via Twitter On a vanilla plantation in ...

On a sweltering afternoon in northeastern Madagascar, the coolness of a leaf’s shade is an attractive respite for a frog. But some of these oases may hide hungry architects: huntsman spiders. New ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...