The 38-year-old man was 'obsessed' with the five spiders he purchased in the weeks before his death Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A teen's search for his missing cat went horribly wrong when the only hairy critter he found was a false widow spider - that ...

A spider bite turned into a weeks-long, life-threatening medical ordeal for a 16-year-old boy in Iowa this summer, his family revealed. Noah Johnson, set to be a high school junior this fall, was ...

These warm summer days can offer a lot of outdoor fun -- but can come with some pesky trouble. People dealing with spider or mosquito bites often find it hard to tell the difference. And it's ...

What seemed like a small bug bite left 16-year-old Noah Johnson bedridden for weeks with failing kidneys and loss of speech Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years ...

Brown recluse spiders are small and quite shy, but capable of delivering deadly bites. Learn about what to do if you get ...

As a new app is launched to provide first-aid advice for venomous bites and stings, a reptile expert urges people to learn ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...