Giant spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK following conservation efforts. A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species 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 ...

The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy The Chester Zoo is looking back on a monumental ...

A giant huntsman spider left primary school staff terrified when it was discovered lurking among bunches of kids' bananas. Kitchen staff called a reptile expert to identify the eight-legged stowaway ...

One of the UK’s largest breed of spiders have had the biggest mating season on record as efforts to re-establish the species in the UK receive a major boost. From near-extinction 14 years ago, the ...