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 colony of the world's most venomous spiders have been found crawling over bananas bought from a supermarket, it has been reported. A mother has told of her horror after spotting "dozens" of the ...

For men, the venom of a South American spider may be the key to more fruitful sex life. Scientists in Brazil have been testing an alternative treatment for erectile dysfunction that uses venom from ...

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 ...

Currently, more than 46,000 spider species stretch their eight legs in habitats across the world, in every country and continent except Antarctica. And those are only the ones scientists have been ...

There are close to 50,000 known species of spiders, with another 50,000 estimated to be undiscovered. While the creepy arachnids can be frightening to look at, many are harmless to humans. However, ...

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 ...