Spotting a spider in your immediate vicinity can be a little intense, especially if you have a major fear of the creepy crawlers. And, when one shows up in your home, it can be downright freaky. With ...

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 ...

It's a common myth that spiders migrate into homes in the fall to escape cold weather, but the truth is, those eight-legged arachnids you see scurrying across your house have likely always been there.

Paul Hetzler discusses the many spiders that inhabit North America as well as the Adirondacks, though most are not venomous.

Just because phobias are irrational doesn’t make them any less real. If you take a glance at any list of phobias, fear of spiders is going to be right up there near the top, if it isn’t no.1. It doesn ...

For over five years, a Kansas family unknowingly lived with thousands of brown recluse spiders, one of North America’s most ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to see a lot of spiders around my house. Up until I started doing some digging for this article, I didn’t know much about spiders. The little knowledge I did ...