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, ...

Police in Pennsylvania are looking for a man who is said to have set multiple fires while trying to kill spiders in a townhome.

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

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

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A brown recluse is seen in this file photo. It is one of several species of spider you may spot inside your Kentucky home this fall. stphillips Getty Images Most spiders mature in late summer or fall ...

If you have been on edge dodging spider webs around your home, you are not the only one. The Upstate is reporting increased sightings of the Joro spider, an invasive species native to East Asia.Female ...