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 Australian box jellyfish, not any snake or scorpion, holds the title of the most venomous marine animal on the planet. Despite widespread public fear of reptiles and arachnids, this translucent ...

Imagine walking into tall grass or working barefoot in a field … and suddenly feeling sharp pain on your foot. You've just been bitten by a snake. This is more than a moment of shock; it could be the ...

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 ...

If you are looking for an easy-to-grow houseplant, consider adopting a spider plant, Chlorophytum comosum. They do not attract spiders; they are called spider plants because of the dainty plantlets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spider silk technology could have amazing benefits for humans suffering nerve damage (Alamy) In an astonishing breakthrough, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — While watching the Milan and Cortina Winter Olympics, have you noticed Olympians biting their medals at the podium? News10NBC’s Emily Putnam looked into the origins of this iconic ...

Artificial intelligence has attained an impressive series of feats—solving problems from the International Math Olympiad, conducting encyclopedic surveys of academic literature, and even finding ...

According to the Olympics website, photographers encourage Olympians to bite the medals since the photos often make the front page. “I think they look at it as an iconic shot, as something that you ...