For some people, the sight of a spider egg sac is incredibly unsettling. They may be tempted to immediately destroy or remove it from the home, assuming that the progeny that emerges will be dangerous ...

Spring is here, and with the season comes invasive spiders that experts say have spread to a handful of states over the past decade. The spider, called the Joro spider, is native to East Asia and was ...

There’s an emerging invasive species that, for now, has gone away with the warm weather. But they’re expected to pop up again next year. And they’ve been spotted in Pennsylvania before. USA Today ...

The animals most at risk from the black widow's bite are insects—and male black widow spiders. Females sometimes kill and eat ...

Massachusetts is home to dozens of species of spiders but luckily, most are not dangerous to humans. Massachusetts is home to just one spider that is harmful to humans: the black widow. Other common ...