Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

A 37-year-old woman from California became ill after grinding up a black widow spider and then intentionally injecting ...

A 37 year old woman in California injected a crushed up black widow spider to see if she could get high from it, and she was ...

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

"It was the first confirmed discovery of a Black Widow in Slovakia," said Pavol Purgat, adding for the Plus Jeden Deň daily ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...

The first signs of a black widow spider bite are usually a pinprick sensation, minor swelling, redness and a target-shaped sore, Medline Plus explains. Within 15 minutes to an hour of getting the bite ...

Every autumn there are reports of false widow spiders becoming uninvited eight-legged houseguests in homes across the UK. But despite looking similar to the more dangerous black widows, all these ...

Probably the most famous of the deadliest spider lot, the black widow almost needs no introduction. Officially known as Latrodectus, its species can be found on every continent in the world.