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.

While Hollywood and urban legends paint dramatic tales about spider bites, medical professionals share a fascinating reality: ...

With so many versions of Spider-Man across the multiverse, fans often ask who is the strongest Spider-Man. These are the most ...

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

Understanding their behavior patterns, preferred habitats and bite characteristics can help prevent dangerous encounters. Initial spider bite symptoms often mimic other insect stings or minor ...

But the most similar origin story to the one shown in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is actually that of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, where he’s bitten by a spider from a ...

However, bites from black widow spiders don’t typically do that. The first signs of a black widow spider bite are usually a pinprick sensation, minor swelling, redness and a target-shaped sore ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

In Disney+'s newest animated series, 'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,’ Peter Paker's origin story gets a classic look ...

In the first episode, Peter arrives at school ... he inadvertently cuts the spiderweb. The spider falls on Peter and bites him – and that’s how he gains his superpowers. This adds quite ...