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Spider mating season is here, and while they attempt to scurry into our warm homes, a garden expert has recommended four gorgeous plants that can help keep the critters at bay

Tucked away in the mountains of Poway, inside this home, in the dark corner of this garage, sat a scorpion.

Researchers from Brazil believe a toxin found in banana spiders may be the key to curing erectile dysfunction as its bite causes a "painful erection', as well as necrosis

A man was left terrified after realising what the hole he had found in his back garden actually was - and people have said some are 'blissfully unaware of the horrors below'

A man discovered the small hole and posted a picture of it on Reddit, leading many to speculate what it might actually be.

Maine has an insect that is far more scarier than any spider you'll encounter here.

There are more orb weaver spiders in San Diego COunty this season, thanks to this year's very wet spring and winter.

The eye-catching, bright blue spider is the first tarantula species ever discovered in a Thai mangrove forest.

Spider silk has been seen as a greener alternative to artificial fibres like nylon and Kevlar, but spiders are notoriously hard to farm. Now researchers have used CRISPR to genetically engineer silkworms that produce pure spider silk

WARNING: Graphic images. Rapper Shane Parmenter, from Chelmsford, said that he thought he had squashed the noble false widow, considered to be the UK's most dangerous spider, before it bit him while he slept