A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...

a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa has unraveled a 140-year-old mystery surrounding the enigmatic giant Antarctic sea spiders (Colossendeis megalonyx.) Contrary to the ...

two Hawai’i scientists came across cave dwellers that have not been seen in 30 years: baby spiders of the endangered and federally protected Kauai cave wolf spider.

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.