Nobody wants to find a brown recluse spider in their yard, garden, or house. Sadly, there's something you're doing that is ...

If you suspect you’ve been bitten by a recluse and the area becomes increasingly red, swollen, blistered, or painful over ...

When Gabe Lustman woke up with a swollen spot on his leg a few weeks ago, he had no idea he would wind up in a hospital for nearly a week due to a spider bite. Lustman, a pop and R&B singer based in ...

It's safe to say spiders are scary, and the brown recluse spider is no exception. In fact, it's not only dangerous, but ...

Spiders are beneficial to the environment. Fear of these insects is common, but—believe it or not—most spiders cannot hurt humans. However, the brown recluse spider is a dangerous exception. The ...

You reach into a pair of boots you haven't worn since last winter, and out scurries a small, brown spider. Was that just a harmless house spider or something more dangerous? While most spiders you'll ...

Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a Wichita Eagle article first published in 2022. You could be seeing one of two venomous spiders native to Kansas more often in your living space as it gets warmer ...

Bites from brown recluse spiders can cause an autoimmune form of hemolytic anemia, in which red blood cells are destroyed by the immune system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Though they may be small and shy, brown recluse spiders can be dangerous if their bites go untreated. Like the vast majority of spider species in the U.S., brown recluses are venomous, and their bites ...

Any spider can disturb a quiet night or a piddly daytime chore around the house. But the words “brown recluse spider” can elicit an even higher level of anxiety and even fear. The brown recluse spider ...

The brown recluse typically lives up to its name: The spider is quiet, shy, and really just wants to be left alone. Nonetheless, it gets blamed for thousands of gruesome bites each year. That’s unfair ...

The majority of spiders that live in North America are harmless, but the brown recluse spider is one of the few exceptions. Unlike most species of spider that reside in the U.S., brown recluses are ...