The hot summer in Texas has attracted a special kind of arachnid to soak up the sun, which has piqued the interest of local homeowners. “Anyone know what this spider is?” asked a Nextdoor user in a ...

You’ve probably come across more spiders or have even walked straight into spider webs recently, and that’s because the spider season in western Washington has begun. Well, kind of. Although spiders ...

Reports of the Joro spider entering the Northeast are making headlines as East Coasters become aware of the arachnid that can grow up to four inches. While the spider currently lives mostly in the ...

For people terrified of creepy crawlers, this news could be a pre-Halloween nightmare. Giant, “flying” Joro spiders have begun to appear in eastern Pennsylvania. Experts say six Joro spiders were ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The giant Joro spiders, known to grow as big as a human hand, haven’t yet made it to New York City, but they did get as close as nearby Philadelphia, experts have reported. On ...

Researchers from Joro Watch, an interactive monitoring program, detected six Joro spiders in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — not far from the New Jersey border. According to The University of Georgia's ...

BOSTON — Ever since a Joro spider was recently photographed on Beacon Hill, Jessica Garb has been fielding calls from people who’ve seen similar arachnids in Massachusetts. One person in Amherst was ...

Female Banana Spiders (Nephila clavipes) are one of the largest orb-weavers in this country, rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana Spider ...