The English zoo celebrated 10 years since they released thousands of giant fen raft spiders into the United Kingdom after the species almost became extinct, the Chester Zoo wrote on Facebook.

The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy Fen raft spider The Chester Zoo is looking back on a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chester Zoo released the spiders a decade ago as part of a project with the RSPB which aimed to save the species from extinction. More than 10,000 breeding female Fen Raft spiders have been recorded ...

Giant spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in UK following conservation efforts. A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species was ...

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 ...