In São Tomé das Letras, a town in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, residents were astonished when hundreds of spiders appeared to float in the sky like black snowflakes. The images recorded ...

Here are some spiders that can be deadly towards humans or can cause certain level of harm from which you should be stay away.

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Brazilian Web site designer Erick Reis left a friend’s house last week and saw something spectacular—a giant network of spider’s webs covering the sky. Fat spiders, resting on silk hanging from power ...

Pauline Smith, 51, said she bought the bananas from Aldi in Montrose, Scotland, and was about to drive them home when she noticed something strange ...

The British Arachnological Society agreed it was a likely candidate. Though the deadly Brazilian wandering spider is part of the same family, Acanthoctenus venom poses no threat to humans.

There, guarding its brood, was one of the world’s most venomous spiders. Before safely relocating it outdoors, he photographed the human-hand-sized Brazilian wandering spider using forced perspective ...

Most spiders are harmless to humans, as their venom is rarely dangerous except for very young children or those with weak immune systems. Whereas venomous snakes are more dangerous due to their larger ...