Giant Jorō spiders are spreading across the US at an alarming rate, as scientists warn of unknown impact on local ecosystems.

New York City and New Jersey might have a new resident this summer: A giant yellow and blue-black flying spider. The creepy crawler -- the Joro spider -- has stirred up a frenzy over a possible ...

Giant spiders falling from the sky sounds like a scene from a horror movie, but it’s happening in real life. Sort of. Joro spiders, which are native to Asia, have arrived in North Carolina early this ...

Well, at least one is. It’s an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare coming true: A giant Joro spider has been confirmed in Boston for the first time. It’s the first confirmed Joro sighting in Massachusetts, ...

The movie was shot in north central Wisconsin 50 years ago on a scrawny budget, rushing under a tight timeline and with a script pieced together as it was filmed. Even so, once released in 1975, "The ...

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In the summer of 2002, it was absolutely impossible to avoid giant spiders at the movies. That might be a little dramatic, but when you're around nine or 10 years old in the early aughts, you really ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters ...

Joro spiders, which are native to Asia, have arrived in North Carolina early this year, according to Kelly Oten, an NC State Extension specialist for forest health. Screengrab from a video by Clemson ...