The Goliath birdeater doesn't just it birds. It also eats small rodents, frogs and insects. Milan Zygmunt / Shutterstock ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, ...

but it's a record-breaker in its own right. The huntsman ties for the title of the largest leg span of any spider in the world: a staggering 12 inches (30 centimeters). Discovered in a cave in ...

There have been no deaths since the antivenom was introduced in the 1980s. In 2024, a Sydney funnel-web spider found in Australia set a record as the largest spider at the Australian Reptile Park. It ...

The world's most venomous spider is a frightening creature that's killed 13 people, with experts warning that it could "kill a toddler in five minutes". Of the staggering 43,000 venomous spider ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest ... Last week, a record-breaking Newcastle funnel-web spider was caught in the wild and presented to the Australian ...

the spider spans 9.2 centimeters (about 3.6 inches) from foot to foot, according to the Australian Reptile Park. It surpasses the record set by the park’s previous biggest, Hercules, which ...