In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that ...

About the size of a standard CD, a newly described spider is now considered the largest in a class of web-spinners. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

If one of the biggest spiders in the world decided to camp out on our leg, we might just have to amputate it (#noregrets).

Probably the biggest spider in Africa (and native to Tanzania and Kenya), the King Baboon is so named because the color and texture of the tips of its legs are said to resemble a baboon’s fingers. The ...

Golden orb weaving spiders have been garnering media attention recently. Last year stunning photographs of a golden orb weaver eating a bird in Australia made world coverage. Now, over a century ...

Scientists have found the world’s largest species of golden orb-weaver spider in the tropics of Africa and Madagascar. The discovery marks the first identification of a new Nephila spider since ...

Biggest Spider In The World - NOT! Date: February 23, 2005 Source: University Of Manchester Summary: The biggest spider ever to have walked the earth has been exposed as a 'fraud' by a University ...

The newfound spider, detailed October 20 in the journal PLoS One, is the first addition to the Nephila genus since 1879.. Largest Web-Spinner a Rarity. N. komaci is likely rare within its small ...

A few years ago, scientists uncovered the largest-ever fossil of spider: ... from bodies buried in their death poses at Pompeii to 2.7-billion-year-old raindrop impressions found in South Africa.

A new breed of giant spider - which has huge 12,7cm females and tiny males - has been discovered in South Africa. [VIDEO] ...