Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown recluse spider with long, slender legs moves across the ridges of a piece of brown corrugated cardboard.© A-Z Animals The ...

A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...

As Halloween arrives, it’s the perfect time to spotlight some of Florida’s coolest and spookiest spiders —that aren’t so scary after all. Spiders are often misunderstood, but many are shy, harmless ...

We are less than six months away from Halloween but we're already hearing eerie tales of large, yellow spiders "coming for us." But is that true? Joro spiders have been dominating headlines as the ...

Brown recluse spiders have a scary reputation, but the truth is more complicated than claims you see online. In Florida, while people across the state report brown recluses every year, most of those ...

Researchers Louis Coticchio and Deby Cassill examine a brown recluse spider specimen in Cassill's University of South Florida lab. TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2026) – A newly published study co-authored by ...