"Hey Ronnie!" Zeppelin King shouted from the phone to her husband. "When you've been out in the orange grove, have you seen any of the big yellow and black spiders?" The Kings run the business ...

You’re walking back to the house at dusk.Thinking about dinner. Not thinking about spiders. Then you hit a web.Across the ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Despite how terrifying those black and yellow spiders in your backyard appear, University of Georgia researchers said they’re more scared of you than you are of them. UGA researchers ...

Summertime in the southeastern U.S. brings long, hot days, sometimes oppressive humidity and in many areas, yards full of Japanese Joro spiders. From member station WUGA in Athens, Ga., Martin Matheny ...

A recent report shows how nearly 1.9 million Pennsylvanians are on food stamps. A “huge but harmless” spider may be making its way to invade the region. A forest that’s never been harvested is now on ...

Most of us probably have a passing familiarity with these two spiders but are also not above misidentifying a harmless spider as a brown recluse or a black widow. Brown recluse spiders (aka fiddleback ...

Spiders — the creature that’s much friendlier when it’s not in your shower. But one particular spider species, the Joro (Trichonephila clavata), is causing many people to rethink both their ...

With the coming of January, we get ready for the cold and snow so often associated with this month in the Northland. The celebrations of December are past and now we face the chilly season at its ...

Spiders might be your home's personal pest control. The typical house spiders that hang out in the corners of your home are generally considered harmless—and even helpful in some cases. "When you kill ...

Summertime in the southeastern United States can bring long, hot days, sweltering humidity, B.J. Leiderman's theme music for our progam and in many places, backyards full of Joro spiders. From member ...