There's only one place in the world to escape bat-catching spiders: Antarctica. These arachnids ensnare and pounce on bats everywhere else in the world, researchers say. Bats rank among the most ...

Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be curious now. A nursery rhyme that kept waking a woman up at night in ...

Spiders that hunt in packs use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks, allowing them to kill prey hundreds of times larger than they could on their own. Of the 50,000 known spider species, just ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

This species of spider looks very similar to the golden silk-orb weaver, which is a frequent sight in South Carolina, but differs in slight variations of color with the joro spider, which sports a ...

Have you ever wondered what some of the largest spiders in South Carolina might look like? If you haven’t before, you might be curious now. You may be accustomed to seeing banana spiders in their ...