A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...

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

Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron ...

“McDermott stated that he needed to kill the spiders within the residence,” police Chief Chris Wagner wrote in a news release. “McDermott had a smoldering fire going on the floor and then placed a ...