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, ...
Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...
The Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, has been implicated in most human fatalities caused by funnel-web species, and ...
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 ...
With Nicolas Cage's return to live-action superhero roles in the upcoming Spider-Noir, here are all the major villains that can stand in his ...
Spider bites are commonly over-assumed in the United States, while true medically important bites are sometimes missed early. A painful skin lesion may actually be bacterial infection or another ...
Patricia Shields claims her landlord won't let her out of her lease, even though her apartment is infested with venomous spiders Courtesy of P.Shields A woman is suing her landlord, claiming that they ...
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 ...
The U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor planned the attack for years. The High School basketball season is entering a ...
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 ...
Among Australia’s diverse and often dangerous wildlife, few creatures evoke as much fear as the funnel-web spider. Known scientifically as members of the Atracidae family, these arachnids have earned ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A spider bite may be nothing to blink at, but for one North Carolina man, it led to a much more serious diagnosis that gave him only days to live. Now, he says he’s ...