As Oklahoma gets full swing into summer, state health leaders are reminding parents of ways to keep their families safe from ...

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Here’s how to reduce the chances that spiders will come inside your home: · Clean up around your home’s foundation. Remove ...

While most people are wary of copperhead snakes and black widow spiders, there are other potentially dangerous creepy crawly ...

In horror movies, tarantulas and black widow spiders made frequent appearances, but it’s the brown recluse that gives me a ...

According to Bug Tech, a spider called the Brown Widow entered Texas in the 1990's and is also venomous. According to Bug ...

Prepare for your next holiday down South by reading up on the one state with a surprising number of venomous spiders. Plus, ...

The venomous brown recluse spider, whose bite can cause reactions ranging from minor irritation to flesh-killing necrosis and even death, may be finding in Michigan a more comfortable home than ...

A bite from a brown recluse spider, or Loxosceles reclusa, can be mild or severe and may require medical attention. The toxins from this spider’s bite can cause tissue death. Bites from the ...

The brown recluse spider, whose bite can cause tissue loss, scarring and infection for humans if left untreated, will be in its most active phase from now until October. Brown recluse activity ...

Vetter is also the author of "The Brown Recluse Spider" as well as articles in The New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA Dermatology. His work has changed the way doctors diagnose spider bites. "If ...