The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you." ...

A new University of Georgia study reveals invasive Joro spiders in Georgia and South Carolina do not compete with native orb ...

The Joro spider season has begun, when people in several states may be more likely to notice these big, brightly colored, ...

A new study warns that giant, invasive Joro spiders could spread across the Northeast, including in Rochester. Initially spotted in Georgia in 2013-14, their population has surged in the Southeast.

When Joro spiders first arrived stateside more than a decade ago, scientists worried the massive black-and-yellow spiders ...

East Coasters, prepare to see more giant yellow spiders this year. Joro spider eggs are hatching across parts of the Southeast, continuing the spread of the invasive species first documented in ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park said the spiders have been seen in many places, including in and around Cades Cove.

A bright yellow spider as large as a human hand is rapidly spreading across the United States. It spins golden webs between power lines, atop stoplights, and even over gas station pumps — but should ...

Will the infamous Joro spiders pop up in the Bay State again this year? Researchers are telling local residents to “definitely keep an eye out” for the large black and yellow arachnids — as the ...

Arachnaphobes, look away — there's a giant invasive spider coming to the tri-state this summer. Joro spiders are expected to start showing up in New Jersey and New York this summer, spreading up from ...

A bright yellow spider the size of a human hand, marked with blue stripes and red patches, is building webs on stoplights, gas station pumps, and power lines across the American Southeast. Native ...

The invasive Joro spider hasn't been seen in Kansas — but it has in Oklahoma. Here's why a member of that species is thought ...