While most spiders are harmless and even helpful in keeping insect populations in check, a few can pose risks to humans.

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.

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 ...

Like its cousins, the infamous black widow and redback spiders, it can paralyze larger prey with its neurotoxic venom. In this case, the shrew was probably climbing nearby bushes when it got snagged ...

“I held on so tightly during the making of the film and the difficult postproduction phase, when everyone wanted me to make it less violent, less excessive, less gory, less frontal,” Fargeat said.

Black widow spiders in Spain - should you be worried? Deadly spiders in Spain? Female European black widow. Credit: By Ken-ichi Ueda - https://www.inaturalist.org ...

A recent study provides insights into the life history and behaviour of the endemic Cape Autumn Widow butterfly (Dira clytus), a species endemic to South Africa. A recent study published in 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 ...

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

Black widow spiders are commonly found around homes, garages, barns, and other man-made structures. They build tough, irregularly shaped webs with strands running in many directions. The “messy” ...

Spider-Man #1. Check out the slideshow gallery ... Godzilla and Spidey (in his perfectly-normal-nothing-weird-here-black suit!) the prestige and gravity they deserve. It's a love letter served ...