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 ...

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

Rumors that a man in the state of Florida was arrested after trying to "baptize" an alligator in a Waffle House restaurant ...

This video examines the tropical banana spider, commonly linked to species known for medically significant venom and unpredictable defensive behavior. Unlike web-building spiders, it actively hunts ...

Spiders bite as a last-resort defensive response when they feel trapped, threatened, or crushed. Most bites occur during close contact, such as when spiders are pressed against skin in clothing, ...

A woman is suing her landlord, claiming that her apartment was infested with spiders that bit her and led to the amputation of her toes. According to a lawsuit filed on Nov. 25 in Pinellas County ...

Spiders have long been the subject of myths, misconceptions, and outright fear. These eight-legged creatures often get a bad reputation, with many people suffering from arachnophobia—the irrational ...

LARGO, Fla. (WTSP/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) - A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit against her apartment complex, alleging negligence after suffering multiple spider bites that led to the amputation of two ...

LARGO, Fla. (WTSP) - A Florida woman is taking legal action against her former apartment complex, saying she had to have two toes amputated after getting bitten by the spiders constantly inside her ...