“This research shows that brown recluse spiders aren’t the boogeyman that everyone makes them out to be,” Coticchio said.

The best way to diagnose a strange skin bump is often to decide what it's not. So say the researchers who have devised a mnemonic device useful for determining that the lesion or lump isn't a bite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up shot of brown recluse spider on a rock - Macrolife/Shutterstock While brown recluse spiders don't particularly exhibit ...

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 ...

It helps to know a little about the brown recluse to fully understand the discovery about what makes the silk of this particular spider so strong. An international collaboration between William & Mary ...

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Most of us are either afraid of snakes or spiders, sometimes both. For me, it’s spiders. When I studied under entomologist Dr. John All, I continually quizzed him about poisonous spiders in Georgia.

Diane Barger and her family moved into a farmhouse outside Kansas City, Kansas, six years ago. They were looking for fresh air and country living. What they found were thousands of eight-legged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a Wichita Eagle article first published in 2022. You could be seeing one of two venomous ...

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 ...