Most people who spot a black widow in the garage or a brown recluse behind the water heater reach for the nearest shoe. That instinct, while understandable, may be exactly the wrong move. The venom ...

A spider bite can look minor, then shift quickly. Fast care, follow-up, and calm decisions protect recovery when symptoms ...

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.

Q: Our indoor-outdoor cats are fascinated by the spiders and spider webs around our house. I am concerned some of the black, ...

Sean McDermott, 36, is now wanted for arson and other charges after fleeing in a U-Haul truck, police said ...

Police in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania are looking for a man who they say set multiple fires to deal with spiders.

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released ...

New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday, with city officials saying they had redacted the most graphic, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Valentine’s Day is less than a week away, and if you are still looking for that perfect gift for your ...