The female of the Black Widow spider is known to sometimes eat the male after mating, hence the nickname "black widow". The venom of these spiders contains the neurotoxin latrotoxin and can be ...

Immature and male brown widow spiders don't bite at all. Brown widows are much less aggressive than black widows — they prefer to play dead rather than bite and they don't defend their webs.

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

This bird’s long, bright white tail feathers are a huge contrast to its black body and iridescent green head. The male uses its tail feathers to attract the attention of the less colorful females ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

Police described the suspect as a juvenile male. Investigators did not know if he was also part of the protest in downtown. Police have not announced any arrests, but one person was seen being ...

On Oct. 27, 2024, police had received a report from CentraCare — Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar around 2:39 a.m. of a juvenile male who was in the hospital for apparent gunshot wounds.

After several interviews with everyone who was inside the SUV, Commerce City police said a male juvenile was taken into custody on charges of second-degree murder and a minor in possession of a ...

they located a juvenile male with a gunshot wound. He was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in stable condition. Police believe this was a targeted attack because the shots were fired from outside ...