New Zealanders might want to check their luggage twice — because some eight-legged travelers may be making themselves at home. Giant Australian spiders, like huntsman spiders, are showing up in ...

In bushland near Melbourne last year, Dr. Vanessa Penna-Gonçalves was collecting certain "social" species of huntsman and crab spiders for her Ph.D. research, and peeled back a strip of eucalyptus ...

Most spiders are known for being loners that keep to themselves. But in rare instances, some close-knit spider communities rely on strength in numbers. From a young age, the spiders in these groups ...