The symptoms: The woman visited the emergency room because the upper and lower eyelids of her left eye were swollen and felt like they were burning. Her conjunctiva — a thin protective membrane that ...

Can a black widow spider bite kill you? Yes. It's one of the deadliest spiders on earth. According to information from Ohio State University, the venom can be 15 times more potent than a rattlesnake's ...

The thought of black widow spiders is enough to send chills down one’s spine. Their painful bites contain a cocktail of chemicals, primarily the highly conserved alpha-latrotoxin (α-LTX). This toxin ...

On the first of December a century ago, the Arkansas Gazette ran quite an intriguing little story atop Page 1. The headline: "Tries Out Effect of Bite by Spider" Somebody who wanted to know what being ...

1. Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus) Shiny, black and marked with a red hourglass, the northern black widow is ...