Female Australian redback spiders have unique ways of controlling who fathers their offspring, Canadian researchers say. Lindsay Snow and Dr Maydianne Andrade of the University of Toronto report that ...

Quick Take Achieving survival after a Redback bite once required 1 specific intervention to prevent a fatal outcome. The ...

SOME of Australia’s most dreaded creatures are about to come out for the summer. This is what you should know ahead of time. We’re especially warned to be on the lookout for potentially deadly redback ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Marines at this base south of Hiroshima exterminated 279 venomous spiders over a recent three-month period, according to a statement from Yamaguchi prefecture ...

Tracking the heartbeat of a redback spider - one of six insect and bug species studied. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...