The black widow spider is one of the most recognisable and feared spiders in the world, known for its shiny black body and red hourglass marking. While its venom is potent, these spiders are generally ...

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 ...

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 ...