A rare spectacle has left residents of a small South American town terrified. Inhabitants of Sao Thome das Letras in Brazil witnessed a "rain of spiders" as the Parawixia bistriata species spun an ...

Most spiders are completely harmless, at least to humans, and they’re also usually quite small. In the Amazon rain forest? Well, that’s another story. A team of researchers from the University ...

Although extremely rare, spider bites could lead to dangerous outcomes in the UK and, with more than 650 different species of spiders, it’s important to know which ones can cause problems. In the UK, ...