Last September, a 60-year-old woman from s’Arenal d’en Castell, Menorca, felt a sharp sting on her arm while putting on a ...

A seemingly harmless spider bite turned into a painful ordeal for a woman in Menorca–and it’s not an isolated case. A particularly dangerous species of spider is spreading across the Balearic Islands ...

"The doctor told me I was lucky, because the bacteria transmitted by the spider was eating my skin, but hadn’t reached muscle or bone. If I’d waited any longer, it could have caused much more damage." ...

Brown recluse spiders are one of those creatures with reputations that far exceed their actual dimensions. Brown recluses are a small spider species known for their violin-shaped markings and their ...