Several spider species in the United States are capable of delivering venomous bites that can cause serious medical complications. These bites vary in danger depending on venom potency, bite location, ...

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

The nearest hospital was five hours away and I had to walk slowly to the motorboat to minimise the flow of blood and the subsequent venom travelling through my body. I was rushed downriver then driven ...

On this day in 2016, Old Colwyn adventurer Ash Dykes became the first person in history to successfully walk the entire length of Madagascar.

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, ...

Many jobs in America carry some form of risk involved but there are certain professions that carry heightened levels of precariousness. Recent Bureau of Labor statistics for 2025 provide a new picture ...

Health authorities in India say they have contained a potential outbreak of a bat-borne virus with no approved vaccine or cure. With a fatality rate between 40% to 75%, authorities in several Asian ...

Eighty-three years ago today, the largest and bloodiest battle in human history came to an end. On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad.

Luge looks crazy. It’s the fastest event at the Winter Olympics, with competitors hitting 90 mph on their backs atop tiny sleds with no brakes going down ice tracks. A Georgian luger died after ...

William J. Baerg was a naturalist, entomologist and teacher who served as head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for 31 years. His research on black widow ...