The brown recluse spider is a venomous species found across parts of the United States and often encountered inside homes and storage areas. Its bite delivers a cytotoxic venom capable of damaging ...

A sweeping review of nearly 100,000 insect and arachnid species in North America has revealed a surprising and troubling reality: scientists lack even basic conservation assessments for the vast ...

Brazil's Butantan Institute identified a new mite larvae, Araneothrombium brasiliensis, feeding on a spider in a museum ...

Deep in the humid rainforests of India’s Western Ghats lives a creature that looks more like a colorful digital glitch than an actual living animal. Formally known as Cilantica devamatha (previously ...

Arizona is home to seven species of toads and all of them are toxic. Here's everything to know about these amphibians and ...