This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

A Moyock man was bitten by a spider, but it led to a much bigger diagnosis. He wasn’t in the hospital long before they told ...

You’re walking back to the house at dusk.Thinking about dinner. Not thinking about spiders. Then you hit a web.Across the ...

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

There are various types of widow spiders, including black, red, and brown varieties in North and South America, the Australian redback spider, and several button spider species that inhabit South ...

Of the thousands of species of spiders, a tiny fraction of their bites are capable of harming humans - but one woman got unlucky after being bitten and says she "lost her independence overnight" ...

Rattlesnakes are the only native venomous snakes in California. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.

A bright yellow spider species, which reaches the size of a human hand, continues its march across the US and has now reached Tennessee. This is the Jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata), an Asian ...

Brown recluse spiders are one of those creatures with reputations that far exceed their actual dimensions. Brown recluses are a small spider species known for their violin-shaped markings and their ...