Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Scared of spiders? The photo shared of a female black and yellow garden spider by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says they are important to have around. The black and ...

Spider egg sacs can appear different, depending on the spider species. Spiders prefer to lay their egg sacs in out-of-the-way, low-traffic, and dark spaces. Removing spider sacs is easy, and it only ...

Escaping what likely was a flooded burrow next to some shrubs that were being watered Wednesday morning, a wolf spider — one the thousands of species in the family Lycosidae — walked up a brick wall ...

That seems to be how people view spiders. People are either afraid of them or think they are interesting. Spiders should be viewed as beneficial out in the garden. They eat a lot of other insects and ...