With the death of a student last year after a spider bite, it is good to know what action you should take if you are bitten.

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

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brown widow spiders are venomous, but they're considered much less dangerous than the black widow. Although brown widow venom is just as toxic, the brown widow spider injects a much smaller amount ...

Brown recluse and black widow spiders are venomous spiders Black widow and brown recluse spiders are "the two types of venomous spiders that are really of medical concern," Gangloff-Kaufmann explains.

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

An Eloy man is recovering after being bit by a rattlesnake at his home in January, which officials say is pretty uncommon for ...

The black widow spider's bites cause such serious symptoms as chest pain and nausea; however, it is not deadly but can be dangerous for children and older adults. The brown widow, like the black ...