Almost 100 people went to hospital last year with spider bites, according to a report, with the number four times higher than a decade ago. NHS data has shown that 98 spider bites led to A&E ...

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.

The black widow spider can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Its venom is toxic and painful, leaving victims to feel the effects long after the bite. Following is a transcript of the ...

In 2025, it’s only human to wake up to a mysterious welt, panic, and type “spider bite pictures” followed by “spider bite treatment” into the nearest search engine. Access to so much ...

Redback spider venom contains neurotoxins that can cause severe pain, sweating and systemic symptoms such as nausea and muscle spasms. Redback bites are more commonly inflicted by a female redback ...

This spider's bite is much feared because its venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's. In humans, bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that ...

But he said he was told by medics that injuries from spider bites as severe as his are extremely rare. Dean told Hull Live: "I was in a friend's back garden because I was climbing over his fence ...

A Wisconsin bus driver is facing charges after middle school students on his bus reported him driving erratically and refusing to let them off. Following the death of Kevin Vallesteros, a patient ...

Notably, when a black widow bites, it injects a very low volume of venom. Because the woman ground up the whole spider, she may have exposed herself to a dose orders of magnitude higher than is ...