This invasive spiderling is floating its way along the East Coast of the U.S., and scientists are left wondering just how much damage they might cause.

Joro spiders are starting to spread across the East Coast. They are an invasive species that likely arrived in Altanta, Ga through shipping containers from eastern Asia. The city now has a large ...

Huge venomous Joro spiders have invaded yet another state, having been spotted in Massachusetts for the very first time. The enormous black and yellow arachnid was noticed hanging out on its web by a ...

The Joro spider, which hails from East Asia, was first spotted in Maryland in 2010. The spider has since been confirmed in ...

An invasive flying spider is spreading across the eastern U.S. but don't worry, it hasn't reached Michigan. Though not reported in Michigan, the venomous spiders have spread in the U.S. from their ...

Massive Joro spiders have popped up everywhere in Georgia, but professors may have found a way to understand their population ...

They’re big. They’re yellow, in part. And they’re invasive. But Joro spiders, now spinning their webs in carports and forests in South Carolina, are not as dangerous or as destructive as many of the ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave about colorful and invasive Joro spiders, a cicada fungus, and lessons about how the human body responds to life in outer ...

A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid spread across the United States (U.S.). Read on to find out where this spider ...

Spiders have a reputation for giving some humans a fright, but a team of scientists has flipped the script to learn why one increasingly visible species seems to have an edge on handling stress. Jorō ...