A giant, poisonous tarantula the size of a human face has been discovered living in Mankulam, Sri Lanka. The Poecilotheria rajaei (belonging to th...

A video of a live parasite unravelling itself from the carcass of a spider has clocked up over a million views on YouTube. Posted by Australia-bas...

Exploring a garden on a dewy morning, these insects appear to be walking on water. The crystal clear shots, taken by photographer Nunu Rizani, cap...

Arachnophobes look away now. The first new species of spider to be discovered in America for 140 years has been found lurking in caves in Californi...

If you're arachnophobic you should probably look away now. For peering back at you from the inside of one unfortunate woman's ear is a rather miffed-l...

No laughing matter: Extreme fear of clowns is known as coulrophobia Imagine an existence where the prospect of buttoning a cardigan could send yo...

There were more than 200 new species discovered last year – but now an international committee of scientists have drawn up their list of the top 10....

The horrifying moment a golden orb spider devours a brown tree snake has been caught on video. Filmed by Cairns kite surfer Ant Hadleigh, the grue...

Spider webs are hanging in frothy masses from the trees in Wagga Wagga after flash floods swept across New South Wales Australia. The arachnids we...

My name is Carol and I'm an arachnophobe. Just recently I turned five carefree children, who previously found spiders cute, into arachnophobes too. I ...

We cant afford street lights in this country now, apparently. Councils all over the land are turning off the lights in a bid to save money.