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![Biggest spider family (Saltidicae, the jumping spiders)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zwqspJgvzfuiAvoaK7LpFU-320-80.jpg)
21 Totally Sweet Spider Superlatives
By Stephanie Pappas published
What's the largest spider? The fastest? The weirdest? This list has all of your arachnid records covered.
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'Unicorn' Tarantula Wears a Weird Horn on Its Back
By Mindy Weisberger published
A new species of tarantula has something in common with the mythical unicorn — a prominent "horn."
![Jumping spider](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ozJcmFTkB8trg9ML5ESGz3-320-80.jpg)
An Australian Man Screamed So Loud at a Spider That the Cops Showed Up
By Brandon Specktor published
Sometimes spiders scare people so much that the cops have to deal with it.
![A female black widow spider, spiders, spider bites, venom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q3Rse923jqr4BfXFzt5tFR-320-80.jpg)
Man Gets Black Widow Spider Bite. Then He Can't Pee.
By Cari Nierenberg published
There's a whole range of reasons you don't want to be bitten by a black widow spider, but you probably wouldn't think that losing the ability to pee is one of them.
![Residents of Aitoliko woke up to an eerie surprise: the beaches were overtaken by these spider webs.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QM8YtVRfdXmdJBEF7RJuQ4-320-80.jpg)
1,000-Foot-Long Spider Web Is Just a Summer Orgy, Expert Says
By Brandon Specktor published
Don't worry; it's for mating.
![taratnula egg sac](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2GZwhUDEpeSRu9xDhmfSn9-320-80.jpg)
Watch 1,400 Tarantula Babies Emerge from Their Mother's Egg Sac
By Brandon Specktor published
Ever wonder what it looks like when 1,400 tarantulas are born all at once? Wonder no more.
![a black widow spider](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bsS8tYKaTo6FDqZ2hHNSSE-320-80.jpg)
Black Widow Spiders Bring Their Venom to Canada As Planet Warms
By Rafi Letzter published
They're showing up in major population centers in the Great White North.
![Actress Nicole Kidman, shown here at the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards this year, recently captured and released a wayward tarantula scurrying near her swimming pool.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V27w2QV7PwbCXzLM8EN3HM-320-80.jpg)
Nicole Kidman Rescued a Tarantula from Drowning. Turns Out, the Spider Was Looking for Love.
By Laura Geggel published
Scientists praise Kidman's heroic act.
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