The spread of these spiders poses a serious risk. Scientists issue warning after observing alarming shift in giant spider ...

"It was one of the biggest huntsman spiders he'd ever seen," Justine Latton said of her husband Adam, who witnessed the incident A man staying at a ski lodge in Tasmania, Australia had the scare ...

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Huntsman spiders, native and infamous in Australia, are also found in parts of New Zealand, most commonly in Auckland. The first sighting of one, known as the brown Avondale spider (Delana ...

Do you know huntsman spiders shed their skin? I didn't. And northern Australia is quite the place to witness such a thing.