If you have arachnophobia, you might want to look away. What you are about to hear sounds like something pulled straight from ...

Its full name is the Goliath bird-eating tarantula (Theraphosa blondi), and it is the largest tarantula species on the planet. You will find them in the rainforests of northern South America in ...

Deep in the rainforests of northern South America lives a spider so large it can barely be held in one hand. The goliath birdeater is the heaviest spider on Earth, a bulky tarantula whose body can ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

The Goliath birdeater's massive size earns it the title of the world's largest spider. The Goliath birdeater, or theraphosa blondi, if using the scientific name, is ranked the largest for its overall ...

NORFOLK -- The pictures may creep you out, but they're fascinating to the folks at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk. Cameras there caught one of the zoo's Goliath bird eating spiders molting. The ...

If you are a fan of cockroaches, then this short YouTube clip may not be for you. The cockroach featured in the video plays a supporting role, but its story does not have a happy ending. The ...