A former Royal Marine has had a finger amputated, 13 years after being bitten by a black widow spider. Plymstock resident Dan Cheetham, 41, suffered the venomous bite on his right hand in 2012 while ...

Black widow spiders are a scary site and the venomous females bite when threatened. You'll need to gear up and use this ...

Spider bites, while often minor, can lead to severe reactions from species like black widows and brown recluses. Prompt first ...

When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.

Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is ...

Spiders are arachnids (as are ticks, mites, and scorpions), not insects. Spiders rarely bite people. When they do, it’s usually in self-defense because they’re being crushed by a human. Usually, their ...

Rescue personnel on the island of Kauai responded to an incident on a remote trail near the famous Napali Coast last week after a hiker became incapacitated due to “a rapidly worsening infection from ...

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A hiker found himself in a perilous situation on the Kalalau Trail this past Wednesday when what seemed to be a harmless spider bite rapidly escalated into a severe infection. The individual, a ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state's coastal sand dunes. "These are absolutely beautiful spiders living among the California ...