Red widow spiders have entirely red-brown bodies, with the exception of their black abdomen. ©Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive / CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons – Original ...

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. The animals most at risk from the black widow' ...