As the onset of summer nears, so too do warmer temperatures and mating season for many of the nearly 900 spider species in Texas. Even though you’re unlikely to cross paths with many of these Lone ...

rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana Spider is pictured above in the lower left. Courtesy photo by Texas A&M. In the western ...

It's actually shy. According to a new study from the University of Georgia, the joro spider −a palm-size bright yellow, blue-black and red arachnid− would rather be left alone than attack a human.

But there are only two venomous spiders native to Texas — the brown recluse and the black widow, and their bites are rarely fatal. Despite the name, this is a type of spider wasp, not a ...

Giant, venomous yellow spiders have been making their way up the East Coast, and people may begin to spot them in New Jersey, New York and even southern Canada as early as this year. The invasive ...