Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. The animals most at risk from the black widow' ...

Meet some of Reddings most venomous residents They tend not to bother us unless we bother them, but more live with us as we move in on their homes.

Nicholas Brandley didn’t think so, and embraced the study of black widow spiders. “Their fangs don’t even usually pierce human skin!” he says in an effort to be reassuring. While widows ...

Alaska is the only state that doesn't have a type of black widow spider. Although black widow spider bites can be dangerous, ...