Kaleb Cooper has revealed he narrowly avoided a terrifying encounter with a tarantula after one escaped in his home. The ...

The arachnids -- feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails -- are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures. The result is that scorpions have become the most lethal ...

She also noted that it is currently "breeding season" for funnel-web spiders near Sydney, and the current weather has created "ideal conditions" for finding and collecting the arachnids.

Forget snakes, it's scorpions Brazilians most need to worry about. The arachnids—feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails—are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming ...