A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species was found to be in terminal decline. The zoo has now revealed there are more than 10,000 breeding females across ...

Chester Zoo said the Fen Raft spider grew "to be the size of your hand" [Chester Zoo] Thousands of "giant spiders" which were released into the wild by a zoo are thriving in the wild and have had ...

Footage shows a fen raft spider in the UK as the species makes a comeback with more than 10,000 breeding females. Video shows a fen raft spider in the UK - with thousands of the species now in the ...

Britain is seeing a surge in the population of a spider species that can grow to the size of a human hand. Despite once being classed as endangered, the Fen Raft spider has seen a dramatic ...

Despite once being classed as endangered, the Fen Raft spider has seen a dramatic resurgence in recent years after successful conservation efforts - and have now enjoyed their "biggest mating ...

From near-extinction 14 years ago, the number of fen raft spiders are now soaring increasing thanks to recent conservation efforts. Only a handful remained as their wetland homes were destroyed by ...

The giant fen raft spider has experienced its most successful breeding season on record, thanks to the conservation efforts of Chester Zoo. Chester Zoo released ten thousand giant spiders into the ...