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, ...

If we define scared as reacting in response to a threat, then the evidence suggests a resounding yes. I’ll say it louder for ...

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 ...

Two new Spider-Man characters, one of them being Mary Jane Watson, have received new costumes ahead of a new Marvel crossover. This summer, Marvel Comics is launching a Queen in Black crossover event.

Ticks are perhaps scary for their bloodsucking nature, and there are quite a few other insects that look like them. However, those insects are quite different.

Reaching 2 inches is a vital requirement for the largest North American lynx spider species. The Peucetia viridans classification causes significant confusion when tracking populations across 6 ...

Spiders come in all sorts of colors and patterns. While we all know about black widows and their iconic red hourglass marks, have you ever wondered about other interesting patterns? One such spider is ...

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 ...

Jenni Shearston has received funding from the National Institutes of Health. I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early ...

Read full article: Florida lawmaker calls for mandatory middle school recess, inspired by Osceola teens Flags of six original EPCOT icons were raised for the first time on March 3, 2021, at the main ...

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 ...