A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to the UK, arriving in a West Sussex nursery hidden inside an olive tree ...

Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

EUROPE's biggest species of spider has arrived in ... this will look at them in a more positive light. "None of our UK spiders are medically significant and the last thing a spider wants to ...

As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the UK’s largest spiders and the story of a man who ended up in hospital after ...

Spiders come in all shapes and sizes, but these giant species stand out for their massive leg spans and impressive weight. Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi): Recognized as the world's largest ...