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

Mynita S., who was healthy moments earlier, suffered a life-altering medical emergency after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. She later took to Instagram to share her ordeal, revealing that the ...

Of the thousands of species of spiders, a tiny fraction of their bites are capable of harming humans - but one woman got ...

As temperatures drop, encounters with venomous spiders like the black widow and brown recluse increase. Experts explain the real risks and debunk common myths.

A woman was bitten by a venomous spider and had to be hospitalised for two weeks. After being discharged, her entire skin ...

Learn why “spider season” and deadly Sydney funnel-web season are different, and how to stay safe when spiders are on the move.

Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted “doppelgängers” convincing enough to ...

Webs can be decorated with decoys, fine-tuned like guitars—and hold secrets about evolution. A Cyclosa spider is camouflaged on a web with debris attached to make itself less visible at the Los Amigos ...

Spiders, in general, aren't the big bad boogeyman that they're often made out to be. But brown recluses? That's a different story. If you want to know how to get rid of them for cheap, stick around.

Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the toughest materials known to science. That is, it can absorb massive amounts ...