But what about the opposite side of the spectrum? How large can spiders get? Here is the biggest spider in the world, as well as other record-breaking spiders. The Goliath birdeater was given ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the ...

The ten largest spiders in the world appear as if they belong in a science fiction story, boasting legs that range from 5.5 inches to over a foot in width.

From spiders the size of dinner plates, to others with inch-long fangs, these mythically-large arachnids roam the earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth ...

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 appetite", was spotted by ...