Black widow spiders are notable and venomous spiders that make up most of the Latrodectus genus of spiders. These ...

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

Alaska is the only state that doesn't have a type of black widow spider. Although black widow spider bites can be dangerous, ...

Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. The animals most at risk from the black widow' ...

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 ...