A subgroup of air-breathing, terrestrial (land) arthropods, spiders are not actually insects but rather belong to the Class Arachnida (a.k.a. arachnid). Besides spiders, other arachnids include ...

Did you know North Carolina is home to two of the most venomous spiders in the U.S.? Many NC residents are well aware of these two fearsome species, but the effects of their bites might surprise you.

The majority of spiders that live in North America are harmless, but the brown recluse spider is one of the few exceptions. Unlike most species of spider that reside in the U.S., brown recluses are ...

Mississippi is home to more than 30 kinds of spider, but only a handful are dangerous. These creeping crawlers can be found across the state. But certain ones only live in specific places or dark ...

Can a black widow spider bite kill you? Yes. It's one of the deadliest spiders on earth. According to information from Ohio State University, the venom can be 15 times more potent than a rattlesnake's ...

What looks like a spider but isn’t one, lives underwater and breathes through its legs? That would be the mysterious sea spider. With over 1,300 species living in every ocean, these marine arthropods ...

Arachnophobes, beware: a giant invasive spider may make its way to Ohio. But they're not here yet. Trichonephila clavata, known commonly as Joro spiders, are a large, yellow breed of arachnid that ...

Joro spiders, which are native to Asia, have arrived in North Carolina early this year, according to Kelly Oten, an NC State Extension specialist for forest health. Screengrab from a video by Clemson ...

It may have only taken one radioactive spider bite for Peter Parker to become Spider-Man, but everyone else can rest easy: Spider bites are rare, and most of the time, they can be treated at home.