A DAD has been left arthritic after his limbs nearly “exploded” from what he believes was a bite from a false widow spider.

This is because the black widow spider is found around the world, while the redback spider is found in Australia, Asia, ...

Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. The animals most at risk from the black widow' ...

In this interview, Andrade talks about spending months on end in the Australian outback peering into the nocturnal lives of redback spiders (one of about 20 species in the "black widow" genus ...

Here are some spiders that can be deadly towards humans or can cause certain level of harm from which you should be stay away.

Alaska is the only state that doesn't have a type of black widow spider. Although black widow spider bites can be dangerous, ...