Venomous spiders are spreading across the UK and hospitalising a record number of people. Only 10 species currently in the country have the fangs and jaw muscles needed to penetrate human skin. The ...

The species has fangs that produce a painful bite, like a wasp sting, resulting in a range of unpleasant symptoms that can ...

The number of people admitted to hospital for suspected spider bites has skyrocketed in recent years, with the main culprit ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in ...

There are more than 43,000 species of spider in the world and one of them "can kill a toddler in five minutes".

The first person to discover the Aussie spider, Kane Christensen, has warned people not to approach it, citing its massive ...

MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...

“Big boy” funnel-web was initially discovered in the early 2000s, but has now been officially confirmed by Australian ...