The harmless spiders stand out thanks to their yellow backs and large numbers in clusters Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We have more newsletters ...

A dad issued a warning over spiders in the UK - after a false widow bite left him arthritic when his limbs nearly exploded. Brian Smith had woken up in bed to a sharp pain on the top of his right hand ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Tim Fogg walked past the zombie spider fungus many times over the years before he learned what it ...