Most spiders don’t swim by choice. But they sure can survive in water when they need to. From floating like a boat, to paddling like a rower, to carrying their own scuba bubbles, spiders have ...

The Dolomedes plantarius, also known as the great raft spider, was once on the brink of extinction due to wetland destruction. But today, sightings of this semi-aquatic predator are on the rise, which ...

A Booming Population in the UK Thanks to these efforts, the Dolomedes spider is thriving. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has recorded over 10,000 breeding females in the UK—an ...

In a nod to the Uncle Sam character of 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly and the Dolomedes character in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq (2015), Lamar tapped America’s favorite Black uncle to narrate the show.

This week, several newspapers and tabloids in the United Kingdom published claims that 10,000 mammoth spiders, which some said were as big as rats, had been let loose across the country. One ...

The Dolomedes plantarius or Fen raft spider can grow to the size of a person's hand Credit: Alamy Arachnophobes may be terrified to hear that there are currently more than 10,000 breeding females ...

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They are usually about 8cm wide including their legs, longer than many rats, which generally measure 6-9cm long. The fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) is seni-aquatic and can hunt its prey ...

Thousands of fen raft spiders (Dolomedes plantarius) have been reported across the UK, in East Sussex, Suffolk, and Swansea. Between 2010 and 2015, four new populations were established in the ...

Their body is 22mm (0.87 inches) long with a leg span of about 70mm (2.8 inches) – females are about the size of a human palm. So, if you spot on in your house, you might need more than a mug to ...