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, ...

Several spider species in the United States are capable of delivering venomous bites that can cause serious medical complications. These bites vary in danger depending on venom potency, bite location, ...

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. — 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 ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A Moyock man was bitten by a spider, but it led to a much bigger diagnosis. He wasn’t in the hospital long before they told him he had leukemia and was given days to live.