If you suspect you’ve been bitten by a recluse and the area becomes increasingly red, swollen, blistered, or painful over ...

Two studies released Oct. 22 say the spooky-looking yellow Joro spiders in SC aren't so scary after all, with their bites ...

Black widows, infamous for their shiny black bodies and the red hourglass pattern seen on adult females, deliver a painful ...

The CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association writes that, despite negative headlines about it, Pembroke Pines’ North ...

In Argentina in the mid-1940s, a rural school teacher named Jorge Washington Ábalos and a brave group of women collected black widow spiders to help develop a new antivenom formulation. They were ...

The bite of a black widow spider can initially feel like a sharp stabbing pain, or it can be deceptively subtle, barely registering notice. But as the spider's potent neurotoxin courses through the ...

Did you know that spiders are likely to be gone by Halloween? According to Jeff Whitworth, a K-State Extension Entomologist, four spider species common to Kansas are likely to be in hiding within the ...

Black widow spiders live in cool, dark places. What to know in Mississippi to keep them away from your home, avoid a bite.

Black widow spiders live in cool, dark places. Know how to spot brown widows. Keep them away from your home, avoid a bite.

As a camel spider attacks an ant colony, it does not eat them. Just why, then, does the camel spider work in quick order to ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

For years, the Mütter Museum invited visitors through its doors for a Halloween party that emphasized blood and guts. That event, Mischief at the Mütter, was scrapped amid the institute's two-year ...