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.

A Brazilian wandering spider that can cause painful erections recently caused panic at an Austrian supermarket, according to the Hindustan Times. The branch manager of the supermarket discovered the ...

A Penny Markt store in Austria was evacuated after staff spotted what could be a Brazillian Wandering Spider, which has a highly venomous bite that can cause permanent erections. Per TMZ, the spider ...

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 supermarket in Austria shuttered this week after a venomous Brazilian wandering spider was spotted wandering in the bananas, TMZ reported, citing fears that a bite from the deadly creature can cause ...

Photograph by Lawrence Reeves, University of Florida. A team of scientists in Brazil has unveiled a groundbreaking breakthrough in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Using the venom of the ...

Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Coprophanaeus lancifer, which appears to be sensitive to low temperatures. On the right, the Brazilian ...

Female banana spider, otherwise known as “golden orb weavers,” for their yellow, silk-like webs that span three to five feet. These critters come out in Texas from mid-summer to fall and are harmless ...