The 10 largest spiders in the world seem straight out of science fiction, with legs from 5.5 inches to over a FOOT wide.

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, ...

It's the world's largest spider — and the heaviest ... With a leg span that can reach up to 10 inches (25.4 centimeters), it's like encountering a dinner plate scuttling across the forest ...

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

It's the world's largest spider — and the heaviest. Native to South America's rainforests ... This species is one of the most impressive tarantulas, renowned for its significant size. With a leg span ...

which has the largest collection of funnel-web spiders in the world. The scientists closely observed the specimens under a microscope and analyzed their genetics. The Sydney funnel-web spider ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the deadliest arachnids in the world. The Sydney funnel-back spider ...

They say good things come in threes—but is that true even for the most venomous spider in the world? Scientists in ... the Newcastle funnel-web was nicknamed “Big Boy” since it is the ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in Australia. Nicknamed “Big Boy” and living just 100 miles north of ...