In research released Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute discovered there are three species of Sydney funnel-web spiders instead of one.

O - occurrence: Brown recluse spiders do not live in green vegetation ... More severe bites often have a white, blue, or purple center instead. E - elevated: Brown recluse bites are usually ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

The large, hairy spiders are often depicted as dangerous but Jim Mason, of the Great Plains Nature Center, said the spiders are generally docile. Tarantulas rear up on their back legs when they ...