From the cobwebs that drape the corners of our basements to the webs spun gracefully in our gardens, spiders are ubiquitous ...

With the death of a student last year after a spider bite, it is good to know what action you should take if you are bitten.

Thanks to science, the deadliest spider in the world revealed a long-held secret that could have implications for those who ...

The name “brown recluse” conjures up nightmarish visuals for a majority of the population, and not only for those who have arachnophobia. This unique spider is found in 16 states, most of which are in ...

If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all ...

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

Some spiders hunt and kill snakes up to 30 times their size. A study revealed 319 cases of such incidents involving over 40 ...

Generally, spiders want to avoid humans and are much more scared of us than vice versa, meaning they will only bite as a ...

While spider bites aren't uncommon, of the over 650 different species of spiders in the UK, just 12 are venomous enough to cause humans severe pain, according to AnimalWised. Generally ...

Paramedics have treated 13 Queenslanders for snake bites this week alone with callouts from Brisbane suburbia out to ...

Paramedics have treated 12 Queenslanders for snake bites this week alone with callouts from Brisbane suburbia and out to Goondiwindi in the west and up to Townsville in the north.