A woman tried to kill a spider in her home, only for it to hold a "grudge" and bite her, leading to massive swelling. Kayla ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Brown recluse bites often start with a blister at the center of a small, painful wound. The tissue around it can appear red and bruised. Symptoms can ...

Brown Recluse spiders, also referred to as the "fiddle-back" or "violin spider," can be identified by its violin-shaped marking. Brown recluses prefer dark, quiet spaces, such as storage rooms and ...

Brown widow spiders are becoming more common in the southern U.S. Learn more about brown widow spiders, where they live, what to do if you get bit, how to get rid of them, and more.

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, and when to worry about a bite, according to entomologists.

According to the Indiana Department of National Resources, Indiana has about 400 known species of spiders, but only two can seriously injure humans: The Black Widow and the Brown Recluse.

After some early failed attempts, the researchers settled on injecting the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing machinery, along with a gene for red fluorescent protein, into unfertilized spider eggs.

Not all beings with small size and barely noticeable existence are harmless. Example in case- spiders. According to a study, ...

True to their name, female Black Widow spiders have shiny black bodies and a red hourglass shape on the underside of their abdomen. Females are traditionally larger than males, their bodies can ...

While this spider species gets its intimidating name from the cannibalistic practice of females eating males after mating, this rarely happens. Here's what to know. Size: From roughly .25 of an ...

A bite from a brown recluse spider can be deadly. Symptoms include: The bite area may become red and swollen, and a blister may form; A burning sensation may develop around the bite within an hour ...

True to their name, female Black Widow spiders have shiny black bodies and a red hourglass shape on the underside of their abdomen. Females are traditionally larger than males, their bodies can ...