Emma Teni extracts venom from Sydney funnel-web spiders at the Australian Reptile Park, crucial for the national antivenom ...

You are bound to cross paths with one type of centipede or another at any given time, since they inhabit most areas of the ...

These are pests of the cool, wet times of spring and early summer. They hang out in moist, mulched beds and they come out to ...

Spider venom evolves with diet. Species that eat mammals may have venom harmful to humans. Web use doesn’t affect venom ...

Not only is Hemsworth the most enormous funnel web spider in Australia, but he was also discovered to be a new species.

A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid ...

In a valley in the Andes, a fluorescent creature was discovered as a new species. Ojanguren-Affilastro AA, Alfaro FM, Iuri HA ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

Many of the deadliest animals in Oklahoma are seen while hiking or enjoying some lakes, yet some could exist in backyards or off your front porch.

The U.S. military is interested in ‘super spiders’ capable of producing silk with extraordinary features. Don’t worry—it ...

A Texas Brown tarantula – stock photo (Credit: Jacques Star/Getty Images) While black widow spiders aren’t unique to Texas, they are one of the spider species in Texas that ... are rare (and older ...

The most medically significant spider bites come from black widows and brown recluses ... is twice as powerful as that of the black widow, but the species isn't aggressive and only injects small ...