With the death of a student last year after a spider bite, it is good to know what action you should take if you are bitten.

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

The detected species of the Black Widow has not yet been domesticated in Europe, except in Cyprus, but other subspecies of these spiders live in Spain and also in the Mediterranean area. The female ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

These venomous spiders pose little threat to humans — though, brown widows often attack black widow species ... warm climates and often build their webs in human-made structures like outdoor ...

but it's difficult to identify brown widow spiders from the webs alone. You may see the brown widow spiders themselves, although they closely resemble immature black widows, which are much more ...

The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is one of Australia's most iconic arachnids. It's a member of the widow spider family, closely related to the black widow spider. They're famous for their ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

But despite looking similar to the more dangerous black widows, all these spiders are likely to do ... in kitchens and conservatories. Their webs are a tangle of threads, a characteristic of all false ...