Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? According to experts, no, we do not. Researchers are unsure where the rumor that we eat 8 spiders per year in our sleep came from. Most spiders are not toxic ...

Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids provide essential services for ...

Few creatures fill people with as much dread and fear as spiders and snakes. In fact, many people develop an extreme, overwhelming fear of spiders (arachnophobia) or snakes (ophidiophobia), and these ...

This study with shocking results found that if all the spiders in the world organized, they could eat us all in just 12 months. The study was published by The Washington Post, and the results are set ...

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...

According to the Associated Press, researchers videotaped and observed baby jumping spiders at night to see if they sleep and they actually learned that these spiders sleep in patterns similar to ...

Can a black widow spider bite kill you? Yes. It's one of the deadliest spiders on earth. According to information from Ohio State University, the venom can be 15 times more potent than a rattlesnake's ...