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.

A man captured a skin crawling moment when he opened the egg sac of a Huntsman spider, releasing hundreds of spiderlings onto his hand. Adrian Kozakiewicz, a tropical insect collector and breeder in ...

A huge, feisty huntsman has been discovered in an Australian backyard with a householder criticised for taking it on with a BBQ lighter. Footage of what appears to be a male spider sitting in grass ...

Unpacking after a holiday can already be a stressful enough experience but for an Edinburgh worker there was a greater shock when a species of the world’s largest spider was found hidden in their ...

08:26, Wed, May 15, 2024 Updated: 08:26, Wed, May 15, 2024 A giant spider species from Africa has been found at a primary school after hitching a ride to Britain aboard the kids’ bananas. Dani Zenith, ...

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 ...

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 ...

An influencer who made a “terrifying” discovery in her shower has sent fans into a meltdown after catching the wild experience on video. Anna Paul, from Australia, revealed she’d suffered a “jumpscare ...

The bravery of an Aussie man who calmly dove his car while a giant spider crawled around him has been praised by social media. The short 11-second video was shared on TikTok recently and it attracted ...