Brown recluse spiders move in during the fall. Know where they live, keep them out of your home and avoid a bite. What you ...

Research officer, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Australia is infamous for its deadly snakes, spiders and sea creatures. One of the most notoriously dangerous is the ...

Smaller male spiders get more action than their bigger counterparts because they mature faster and are quicker on their feet, new research shows. Researchers directly observed two competitive contexts ...

The redback spider's scientific name: The redback spider is one of the most well-known spiders in Australia because of the red stripe on its back. The redback spider is known by its common name, but ...

For some species of spiders, mating comes with a deadly risk — the possibility of being eaten by their much larger female partner. But in two species of widow spiders — the venomous spider group that ...

Some spider males sacrifice more than their genitals. They positively encourage the female to eat them—because that buys them time to complete copulation. The male redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti ...

An encounter at an LPGA pre-qualifying tournament gives new meaning to the concept of golf course hazards. A rookie on the Ladies European Tour was bitten by a spider during a round in Canberra, ...

Venomous spiders prey upon snakes many times their size, a new study finds — and often emerge victorious against snakes as venomous as they are. The study researchers found 319 records of spiders ...