A rare and exceptionally large spider is making a comeback on nature reserves in the United Kingdom, the Guardian recently reported. Thanks to ongoing conservation efforts, populations of the fen raft ...

The UK’s largest breed of spiders, which can grow to the size of rats and hunts fish, are making a comeback in Britain. From near-extinction in 2010 - when only a handful remained as their wetland ...

A zoo in the United Kingdom is celebrating a decade of reviving a species that nearly became extinct. In a Facebook post, the Chester Zoo marked the release of thousands of giant fen raft spiders, ...

That’s what I have to chant to myself when reading the news ― fen raft spiders, previously on the brink of extinction, have had their best year on record in 2024. The spiders, which are the UK’s ...

16:36, Mon, Sep 8, 2025 Updated: 16:40, Mon, Sep 8, 2025 “Giant” spiders which are almost the “size of a newborn rat” are making a comeback in the UK, years after it was believed to be extinct. Fen ...