EUROPE’s biggest species of spider has arrived in Britain, with the venomous funnel-web creature spotted in a nursery yard. The terrifying stowaway, said to have a “huge ...

The competition was stiff this year, with nearly 25,000 votes cast for the 21 nominees, but which bug came out on top?

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action ...

A woman with a crippling fear of spiders sleeps in a tent on her bed – to protect her from creepy crawlies. Estella Kyriacou, 25, grew up terrified of arachnids and was horrified when she saw ...

The arachnid in question is a Macrothele calpeiana, or Spanish funnel-web spider, and gave folks quite a fright when they saw ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

For homeowners, March is the ideal time to start proofing your home before they settle in. You might think it's difficult to ...

British Arachnological Society classified the species as Europe's largest back in 1989, but that hasn't fazed Jack Casson, a ...

A woman with a crippling fear of spiders sleeps in a TENT on her bed - to protect her from creepy crawlies. Estella Kyriacou, 25, grew up terrified of arachnids and was horrified when she saw one in ...

The short answers are, no, yes, yes. No, not all centipedes are dangerous. Yes, some southwestern U.S. and tropical ...

A cleaning guru has shared her top tips on how to keep bugs and spiders out of your home without using harsh chemicals, and they can work wonders to keep creepy crawlies at bay ...

The UK is home to around 660 different species of spider, and while none of them are poisonous, that doesn’t stop us all ...