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 ...

The front-runner for the first-ever casting Oscar has worked with more legendary filmmakers than you can count on both hands. Ask them and they'll tell you: There’s a reason why.

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 ...

In 2018, Nicolas Cage voiced Spider-Man Noir in Into the Spider-Verse, and was a standout in a movie jam-packed with unusual ...

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 ...

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William J. Baerg was a naturalist, entomologist and teacher who served as head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for 31 years. His research on black widow ...