Thousands of hand-reared baby spiders are being released into the wild this week in a bid to boost numbers of one of Britain’s most endangered species. Some 3,000 baby fen raft spiders - a ...

The jumping spider has a stripy pattern on its abdomen and large black eyes. The first spider species was described in 1757. In 265 years, experts have described 50,000 species.

The spiders are distinctive for their shiny, black flesh, bulbous bodies, thick legs and skull-like patterns. The species has a brown bulbous abdomen with cream markings that look like a skull.

During the colder season, you'll often see spiders venturing into homes and settle in kitchen and bathrooms as they look for warmth. "Like all species, spiders need water and moisture to survive.

It’s not every day someone walks into their kitchen and spots a spider as large as a closed human fist crawling down the wall. That’s what happened early Friday morning at a home in South ...