In order to be less scared, I imagine the huge Australian huntsman as a girlie, just chilling and listening to us yap. It sounds dumb, but it worked (a little bit) ...

A giant venomous spider, which would terrify most people, has been found in a pantry in Australia—but the calm, plucky homeowner just put it on a hand and carried it outside. A picture of the Huntsman ...

New Zealanders might want to check their luggage twice — because some eight-legged travelers may be making themselves at home. Giant Australian spiders, like huntsman spiders, are showing up in ...

In bushland near Melbourne last year, Dr. Vanessa Penna-Gonçalves was collecting certain "social" species of huntsman and crab spiders for her Ph.D. research, and peeled back a strip of eucalyptus ...