If you notice a tiny, strikingly colored spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock spider. As Perth's suburbs sprawl ever further north and south, it means ...

With a palm-sized frame and yellow stripes on its back, the Joro spider has become a name that sees your dreams and feasts on your screams after a study concluded the species could soon migrate up the ...

They may send shivers down the spine of arachnophobes, but not all spiders are the stuff of nightmares. From dazzling dancers no bigger than a grain of rice, to velvet-coated rarities that look more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If there's one animal that I am definitely not a fan of, it's spiders. They're creepy, they're crawly, and I just don't like them.

I'd love for you all to meet Matilda - the world's most beautiful Jumping spider. #JumpingSpider #BeautifulSpider #SpiderLovers ...

The species was found in the Brigalow Belt of Australia The spiders aren't dangerous to humans Their habitats have been lost to land clearing Scientists have identified a new giant trapdoor spider ...

While I am a big fan of spiders year-round, now is the time of year when I truly appreciate their presence in my yard as they stalk their herbivorous insect prey. One of the most beautiful spiders I ...

If you spend time outdoors among tall grasses and shrubs, then you may be familiar with the black-and-yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia. Not only are these spiders beautiful, but they are also ...