An 18cm huntsman spider survived a 10,000 mile journey from Brisbane, Australia to Redhill in Surrey. The RSPCA came to the rescue after the enormous spider was found in a shipping container full of ...

A man staying at a ski lodge in Tasmania, Australia had the scare of his life when he witnessed a massive huntsman spider devour a tiny possum. The man’s wife, Justine Latton shared photos of the ...

Adam Latton recently returned to his ski lodge in Mount Field National Park in Tasmania and found a spider on the wall. In most places, that's pretty standard stuff but this Australia: Home to some of ...

Australia proved once again it is the undisputed king of spiders after a huntsman, endearingly named Hortense, and her 100 or so children moved into a mailbox in a Victoria home. The video, which was ...

Huntsman spiders, like most spiders, are typically equipped with eight eyes. But researchers have discovered a new cave-dwelling species that ditched its peepers for a life in permanent darkness.

Photos of a massive spider saved by an animal rescue worker in Australia are giving the Internet a fright, with reaction on Facebook ranging from “how beautiful is she” to “it’s times like these I ...

An Australian reptile park believes it may have received the country’s largest huntsman spider. The dubious claim to fame was announced on Facebook, along with pictures of the colossal arachnid, which ...

A giant huntsman spider photographed by a Queensland animal rescuer last year is "quite normal in size" and only looks really big because of its "unusual perspective", an arachnologist says. Someone ...