A seemingly harmless spider bite turned into a painful ordeal for a woman in Menorca–and it’s not an isolated case. A particularly dangerous species of spider is spreading across the Balearic Islands ...

Visitors have been warned about a species of spider that can cause serious damage to humans, found on one of the most popular ...

You'll want to keep an eye out for the unique webs that brown recluse spiders are known to make as you rid your home of these ...

The Mediterranean recluse spider (Loxosceles rufescens) is a species of spider that originated in the Mediterranean region as ...

What began as a spider bite led a North Carolina carpenter to seek medical care, uncovering a life-threatening condition ...

Garages are full of dark corners and forgotten boxes, which makes them an easy place for certain spiders to settle in. Most ...

Spiders can sometimes be dangerous in weird ways. At a Michigan gas station in 2015, a man tried to kill one with a lighter and torched a pump island, and in 2014, a guy in Seattle burned his house ...

What's a Brown Recluse Spider? The brown recluse spider is one of the few venomous spiders found in the United States (venom is a type of poison). It is part of the arachnid family, which includes not ...

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 ...

Spiders have a worse reputation than they deserve. After all, you'll find plenty of these reviled creatures in the healthiest ecosystems because they serve valuable roles. For instance, they protect ...

You reach into a pair of boots you haven't worn since last winter, and out scurries a small, brown spider. Was that just a harmless house spider or something more dangerous? While most spiders you'll ...