Nature showcases diverse defense mechanisms among animals, some delivering exceptionally painful bites and stings. Creatures like the Arizona Bark Sco ...

via Wikimedia Commons The Arizona Bark Scorpion is the most venomous scorpion in North America. Its sting can lead to severe pain, numbness, and, in severe cases, respiratory difficulties. Desert ...

This spider is an agile hunter, using its extraordinary jumping ability to catch insects. Understanding and appreciating the venomous creatures of the Arizona desert enriches our knowledge of its ...

While most people are wary of copperhead snakes and black widow spiders, there are other potentially dangerous creepy crawly ...

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 ...

While most spiders avoid people, encounters with these venomous species can happen in homes, forests and even urban areas. In this list, we explore nine of the most dangerous spiders worldwide by ...

Joro spiders may pop up all across your backyard, but these new invasive species could cause more health issues. What to know about the Asian needle ant.

Its scientific name is Loxosceles arizonica. It's a horrible arachnid more commonly know as the Arizona brown spider (closely related to the brown recluse, which is not common this far west).

Highly aggressive Africanized honey bees, the so-called "killer bees," are moving north and spreading as climate change ...

A unique interaction between two of Arizona's venomous creatures was captured earlier this week by a resident in north Scottsdale. A video posted on Christopher Rutz' Instagram page displays an ...

More than 900 species of spiders call Texas home, including two poisonous types — the black widow and brown recluse. A brown recluse spider. A black widow spider has a mostly black body with a ...

They are large. They are venomous. They can float. Say hello to the giant Joro spiders set to invite the Northeast. This summer, the Joro spiders are expected to continue their expansion across ...