Currently, more than 46,000 spider species stretch their eight legs in habitats across the world, in every country and continent except Antarctica. And those are only the ones scientists have been ...

Think spiders are small? Think again. Our latest video explores the ten largest spiders on Earth, from species with thick, hairy bodies to giants that can stretch their legs more than a foot across.

Have you ever heard of a spider that eats its own web? Chances are, you probably haven’t, but that is what Darwin’s bark spider is famous for. These spiders eat their own silk to produce more later, ...

You might think a spider with legs spanning over a foot wide belongs only in nightmares or works of fiction. But these giants are very real, and they exist in our world today. This incredible video ...

“The Fen Raft Spider is one of the UK’s rarest invertebrates and we are proud of the role our reserves and teams have played in its recovery,” Tim Strudwick, the RSPB Mid Yare nature reserves site ...