Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, about 25 miles southeast of Hiroshima, has faced a growing infestation of invasive spider ...

Brown recluse spiders are venomous, but their bites typically only cause blistering or swelling that subsides after about a ...

There are close to 50,000 known species of spiders, with another 50,000 estimated to be undiscovered. While the creepy arachnids can be frightening to look at, many are harmless to humans. However, ...

The behavior, which had never been observed before, stunned scientists as, typically, the larger house spider would prey on ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

The family didn't realise they were living with more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders over the course of five years - but ...

Louisiana is home to numerous different species of spiders, since the state's warm climate and diverse landscape makes for the perfect environment for the arachnids. While most spiders in Louisiana ...

Let’s say you’re on safari in Southern Africa. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so you soak in the sights, traipsing through the sandy shores of Namibia. It’s beautiful, even epic, but dangers ...

Spider may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many, but the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might ...