Brown recluse spiders are venomous, but their bites typically only cause blistering or swelling that subsides after about a ...

The behavior, which had never been observed before, stunned scientists as, typically, the larger house spider would prey on ...

Spider may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many, but the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might ...

The family didn't realise they were living with more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders over the course of five years - but what happened next left scientists stunned ...

Of all the creeping, crawling critters that potentially pose problems for humans, spiders occupy a special niche. Unlike the biting, stinging pests such as hornets, wasps, snakes, and ticks that ...

Poisonous Spiders of South Carolina originally appeared on Dengarden. In case you don't know, almost all spiders are capable of producing venomous bites. But in South Carolina, there are really only ...

Spiders in this toxic sulfur cave have built a thriving spider metropolis and the largest spider web complex in the world!

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the public foe the Australian Reptile Park A spider named after a mythological hero recently set a ...

A venomous spider is currently mating and laying its eggs around Kansas, which means you could be seeing it more frequently under your firewood piles, inside electrical boxes, in garage corners and ...

Louisiana is home to numerous different species of spiders, since the state's warm climate and diverse landscape makes for the perfect environment for the arachnids. While most spiders in Louisiana ...

The record number of spiders – including redbacks, black and grey widows – highlights Japan’s struggle in containing invasive species.

In Japan, a real-life horror story unfolded as thousands of venomous spiders were exterminated at the US Marine Corps Air ...