However, there's one good reason why you shouldn't squish any spiders you come across in your home. The first issue is that ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

The first occurrence of a dangerous spider known as the Black Widow has been confirmed in Slovakia. The adult female arrived in Slovakia from California in a shipment of machine parts goods. She also ...

A 37 year old woman in California injected a crushed up black widow spider to see if she could get high from it, and she was admitted to the emergency room a few hours later ...

Brown widow spiders vary widely in their colors, from very light to very dark, but are not shiny like black widow spiders. Their coloring is mottled, and females have black accent stripes.

No one in the United States is known to have died of a black-widow bite in at least forty years. For my money, the most alarming venomous spider is the brown recluse, even though it is a mild ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...

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Experts have revealed that the spectacle of spiders falling from the sky is a natural occurrence. A chilling spectacle unfolded in Sao Thome das Letras, Brazil, as hundreds of eight-legged ...