As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the ...

The fen raft spider, which can grow to the size of a rat and hunts fish, lives in fens, marshes and wetlands. They were almost extinct in 2010 when only a handful remained due to habitat loss.

Britain is home to an array of different spiders, but which ones are the biggest and are you likely to find any in your house? From the cardinal to the fen raft spider, BBC Countryfile has come ...

A nature reserve manager, responsible for the re-introduction of giant Fen Raft spiders, has retired after almost three decades of service to wildlife conservation in the Norfolk Broads.

A nature reserve manager, responsible for the re-introduction of giant Fen Raft spiders, has retired after almost three decades of service to wildlife conservation in the Norfolk Broads. As the ...