With the death of a student last year after a spider bite, it is good to know what action you should take if you are bitten.

On the other hand, experts do worry about spider bites about bites from venomous spiders, particularly black widows and brown recluse spiders. A bite from one of these types of spiders can cause ...

However, there's one good reason why you shouldn't squish any spiders you come across in your home. The first issue is that ...

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 ...

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

This spider only grows to the size of a nickel, but it delivers a painful bite that can cause other symptoms ... and other vegetation. What do yellow sac spiders eat? This spider is an ...

Almost 100 people were hospitalised with suspected spider bites last year, official NHS data show, which is four times as many as a decade ago and twice as many as two years ago. The vast majority ...