Most spiders are content to hang out in their burrow or web, waiting for food to come to them, but this Brazilian spider uses a different strategy.

These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

A colony of the world's most venomous spiders have been found crawling over bananas bought from a supermarket, it has been reported. A mother has told of her horror after spotting "dozens" of the ...

For men, the venom of a South American spider may be the key to more fruitful sex life. Scientists in Brazil have been testing an alternative treatment for erectile dysfunction that uses venom from ...

A new treatment for erectile dysfunction just passed its first phase of human testing in Brazil. The treatment comes from the venom of the Brazilian banana spider. The treatment is a gel, not a pill, ...

November 6, 2013 (LONDON) Consi Taylor was about to eat one of the bananas when she saw white spots on the banana's peal. She thought it was mold until she looked closer, and saw tiny spiders scamper ...

Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. A Golden Silk Orb ...

Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid is a ...