GATLINBURG, Tenn. – An invasive species of arachnid, known as the Joro spider, is spinning webs far from its native range, and now the National Park Service says it needs the public’s help in tracking ...

Arachnophobes, beware: a giant invasive spider may make its way to Ohio. But they're not here yet. Trichonephila clavata, known commonly as Joro spiders, are a large, yellow breed of arachnid that ...

Many orb weaver spiders sport yellowish stripes or spots on their undersides, and for a good reason. That color yellow tempts bees and flies into a spider’s web, a new study suggests. Orb weaver ...

It may be September in North Georgia, but it looks more like Halloween. Millions of palm-sized Joro spiders have suspended themselves in three-dimensional golden webs on porches, power lines and ...

New research, published Feb. 17 in the journal Physiological Entomology, suggests that the palm-sized Joro spider, which swarmed North Georgia by the millions last September, has a special resilience ...

As Kansans, we like to feel that we’re relatively safe in our own homes. In general, we know how to protect ourselves and our families, but what if that intruder was smaller than a quarter? The brown ...