PRIMARY school staff were horrified last week when they discovered a venomous spider nestled in their banana delivery.

Kitchen staff called a reptile expert to identify the eight-legged stowaway they found while preparing lunches ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — This U.S. military base near Hiroshima has killed more venomous spiders this year than in any year since recordkeeping began nearly two decades ago, Japanese ...

Black widow spiders are notorious for their painful bites and lethal venom. The venom is potent enough to let these spiders and their close relatives prey upon small reptiles and mammals that other ...