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, ...

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 ...

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

A brown recluse encounter can feel like a worst-case scenario, especially when it happens indoors and without warning. This video breaks down how these spiders behave, where they hide, and why people ...

Finding any kind of bug in your bathroom can understandably be gross. However, finding even just a few bugs in your bathroom ...

Arachnologists point to the same hidden spider zones across risk states, where stored clutter and storage spaces invite ...

Nobody wants to deal with bugs in their house, and that’s why so many people call pest control services. However, people have become increasingly aware of the side effects associated with pesticides ...

CORRECTION: The first recorded armed robbery happened at a different drive-thru and not at the same Starbucks where the fatal shooting occurred. We regret the error ...

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, ...

WJZ Investigates has learned Melachi Brown, one of the drivers sentenced for the 2023 Baltimore Beltway work zone crash that killed six construction workers, was pulled over in December for driving ...