Wolf spiders and tarantulas are both maligned and feared throughout the world. They are venomous, as are almost all spiders.

Since Halloween is just a few angsty twists and blind turns away … want to see something really scary? I’ll give you a moment to study the image that accompanies this story. Note the size of the screw ...

Think that you have a large extended family? Well, you have nothing on a group of creepy-crawlies known as Wolf Spiders. Wolf Spiders are a diverse group of spiders that can be found worldwide, save ...

A very large spider gave my son a surprise as he bent down to enter his tent on a recent camping trip to Fort Peck Reservoir. He placed a quarter next to the spider to demonstrate its unusually large ...

The scary-looking, ominously-named wolf spider is actually a beneficial insect. Wolf spiders belong to the class Arachnida and are members of the family Lycosidae (derived from the Greek word lycos, ...

North Carolina is home to more than 1,200 species of animals, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles — and big, hairy spiders that can invade your home. Carolina wolf spiders are the largest species ...

The diminutive spider measures in at less than a quarter of an inch in size and was discovered on a remote nature preserve Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has ...

Third-grader Skyler Hutto led the effort to make the Carolina Wolf Spider the official arachnid of South Carolina. Wolf spiders eat cockroaches, ants and flies. Wolf spiders have eight eyes, and the ...