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Black widow spiders live in cool, dark places. Know how to spot brown widows. Keep them away from your home, avoid a bite. What to know in ...

From mini-brains to spider-inspired gloves and wolf apple coatings, scientists are turning eerie-sounding experiments into ...

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October is the month of Halloween, when people decorate their yards and homes with large spiders to scare people. October is also when people often see real large spiders in their homes. But if this ...

Something unsettling is crawling through homes across Spain. In recent weeks, reports of wolf spiders appearing in gardens ...

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Most bites from brown recluse spiders occur between March and October, according to the University of Tennessee Extension Service. They are commonly found in dry, dark and undisturbed areas within the ...