Many people are scared of spiders, and that's for understandable reasons. After all, no one would want to come upon this huge spider in their home.

By using these enzymes, and their gnashing fangs, the spiders liquefy their prey's bodies and suck up the resulting fluid.

A Socotra Island Blue Baboon (Monocentropus balfouri) was awarded 'Best in Show' at the annual British Tarantula Society exhibition in Coventry Judges rank the spiders according to the glossiness ...

those stout primitive spiders with prominent, downward-facing fangs, such as tarantulas and funnel-webs. Badumna belongs to a separate infraorder that includes orb, jumping, huntsman and wolf spiders.

A pilot with a severe allergy to spiders was bitten mid-flight by a stowaway tarantula — forcing hours-long delays as the plane was fumigated after landing safely, according to reports.

A flight in Spain managed to land safely after a pilot with an extreme allergy to spider venom was bitten by a tarantula mid-flight. The incident led to a delay in the following flight as the ...