These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

Brazilian wandering spiders are aggressive spiders that belong to the genus Phoneutria, which means "murderess" in Greek. These critters, also known as armed spiders or banana spiders, are some of the ...

A huge, horrifying spider might be the last thing you want to think about in the throes of passion, but scientists are now using spider venom to cure erectile dysfunction. Venom from the Brazilian ...

Scientists say a synthetic compound derived from Brazilian wandering spider venom could treat people with erectile dysfunction for whom drugs like Viagra don't work. When you purchase through links on ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A banana full of deadly spiders won’t work out as well. A woman says ...

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 ...

Sheila Terry and her husband keep a Brazilian wandering spider in a baby-food jar filled with alcohol on top of their refrigerator, out of sight. The bunch of bananas the spider rode into their home ...

Spiders might be famous for freaking people out with their spindly legs and the way they scuttle about, but they are actually a remarkable group of highly diverse hunters. Many species of spiders ...

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 ...