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 ...

Spending the summer outdoors means running into a variety of crawling and slithering creatures, whether it's at the lake, on the forest floor or wrapped around your front porch light. While running ...

While roughly 3,000 species of spiders are found throughout the U.S., very few pose a direct threat to humans. Spider bites are rare, and medically significant incidents are even less common, ...

Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a Wichita Eagle article first published in 2022. You could be seeing one of two venomous spiders native to Kansas more often in your living space as it gets warmer ...

Brown recluses are small spiders known for venom that can cause swelling, blistering and a fever in humans. If you’re unsure if you have any in your Kansas home, Kansas State University entomology ...

Poisonous Spiders of South Carolina originally appeared on Dengarden. In case you don't know, almost all spiders are capable of producing venomous bites. But in South Carolina, there are really only ...

The invasive brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, is thought to be native to South Africa, but has moved to several places around the world and made a home there, including the United States, ...

Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may contribute to the invasion success of brown widow spiders, according to new research. Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may ...

Spiders can elicit fearful reactions in some people, but the majority of species cause no harm to humans and may provide benefits. That said, there are a couple of venomous spider species in the metro ...