15 biggest spiders in America (some are harmless, others…. not so much)

You’re walking back to the house at dusk.Thinking about dinner. Not thinking about spiders. Then you hit a web.Across the ...
Opinion

There’s an itsy-bitsy fear I want to overcome. I will never be a fan, but can I at least be Normal about spiders?

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) ...
Morning Overview on MSN

No, you don’t swallow 8 spiders in sleep and here’s the test

I do not swallow eight spiders a year in my sleep, and neither does anyone else. The familiar statistic survives as a viral ...
Amazon S3 on MSN

What if spiders were the size of humans and terrorized cities?

Eight legs, eight eyes, sharp fangs, and bullet-proof webs. They're hairy, they're scary, and now, they're human-sized. As ...
The New York Times

Farewell to the Beloved Friend in My Window

Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. I was sure our window spider was long gone. This year the first hard ...