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For generations, snakes, scorpions and spiders have been important mystical and religious figures here in mexico. and travelling around the country, you cant escape being reminded of that. but in reality some are very dangerous. around 4.5 million people are bitten by snakes alone around the world every year, and over half of those bites can lead to serious injuries or worse. and climate change, combined with accelerated urban development means that more and more people are coming into contact w...

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A patient with previously diagnosed nerve damage believes a brown recluse spider bite restored sensation in their toes.

We really had no choice.

Gina Rich THE WASHINGTON POST – Imagine a tasty bug landing on the web of a hungry spider. How does the spider detect its prey? Spiders don’t have ears like we do, and many have poor eyesight. But they can sense vibrations, like those that happen when an unlucky insect touches their webs. And instead […]

As over-the-top as the reaction in the latest video may seem, arachnophobia is a very real thing. But can we be born with it?

Despite having tiny arthropod brains, spiders in a new experiment showed some complex cognitive calculations.

Join Friends of St Anns Green Spaces (StAGS) and Edward Milner, London Natural History Society’s Spider Recorder on a safari around the green spaces of St Ann…

The brown recluse spider is considered the most dangerous in the country, with intense pain and necrosis setting in after 24 hours.

With their good vision, researchers discovered that jumping spiders could distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.