Florida residents are used to seeing big spiders, but we may start seeing bigger ones. Much bigger ones.

The southern black widow spider is the largest venomous spider in Florida. Females grow to sizes between 3.75 to 5 centimeters long, with bodies around 1.25 centimeters long.

A parachuting species of spider may be dropping in to Florida. UGA scientists say the Joro spider, known for its colorful body and silken balloons, may spread across the East Coast.

Joro spiders are last thing Florida needs to worry about. Here are the venomous bugs living here now and how to treat their bites.

Dear Frank: I first saw this critter in Florida, sitting on a daylily. It starts the season small, but by late summer it is an impressively large spider in a bright shade of lime green.

The spiders this year aren't just big. They're obese. Fattest cohort of spiders I've seen in a long time. Many of you have noticed, too, and sent me screaming messages attached to photos of ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over ...

Voracious spiders first documented on South Carolina’s coast have drifted into the state’s interior and settled at Congaree National Park, in what federal officials say is a result of the ...

Spider webs are amazing creations made entirely from fluid pushed out from the spider’s body. Smithsonian Magazine has a great explanation of the entire process if you want more details. One ...

Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname of "Big Boy." Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up to nearly 2 inches.

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.