The brown widow spider may sound like someone confusing other venomous spiders like the black widow or brown recluse. Despite ...

In the U.S., there are two types of spiders that can cause severe reactions: the brown recluse and black widow. To be certain you aren’t dealing with a serious reaction, ask yourself if it’s ...

In the past couple decades, researchers have noticed black widow spiders (adult female shown at right) commonly being displaced by the brown widow (adult female at left), a fellow species in the ...