Macro close-up of a juvenile huntsman spider (Heteropoda boiei), a young tropical sparassid spider, photographed in controlled conditions, showing early developmental ...

New Zealanders might want to check their luggage twice — because some eight-legged travelers may be making themselves at home. Giant Australian spiders, like huntsman spiders, are showing up in ...

Spiders' social tendencies appear to stem from what Dr. Penna-Gonçalves calls being "lazy to launch," where young spiders stay home longer instead of dispersing after their first molt. "In those ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In bushland near Melbourne last year, Dr. Vanessa Penna-Gonçalves was collecting certain "social" species of huntsman and crab spiders ...