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, ...

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For decades, purchasing a Florida condo was a leap of faith masked by palm trees and ocean views. But in the new year, the veil of secrecy has lifted. Between a new mandatory digital transparency law ...

When Largo, Fla., resident Patricia Shields reportedly endured multiple spider bites inside her apartment — and later serious infections that led to the amputation of two toes — she says the property ...

AGAINST HER APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER SEVERE SPIDER BITES. PATRICIA SHIELDS SAYS SPIDERS LIKE THIS ONE WERE FOUND IN THE BATHROOM OF HER OLD APARTMENT IN LARGO. SHE SAYS SEVERAL OF THE SPIDER BITES ...

LARGO, Fla. — The new year just started, but Patricia Shields said the effects of the last year still linger for her. Shields said two of her toes had to be amputated because of infections from spider ...