A UK man has died after receiving a bite from a venomous spider that he bought online, according to his family. The man, 38-year-old Mark Anthony Kirby from Prescot, England, died on Aug. 2 after ...

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 ...

One of Europe’s largest spiders was spotted in a delivery of olives from Spain this week, startling a nursery owner. The ...