Nicholas Brandley didn’t think so, and embraced the study of black widow spiders. “Their fangs don’t even usually pierce human skin!” he says in an effort to be reassuring. While widows ...

Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. The animals most at risk from the black widow' ...

If these occur, it is important to seek immediate medical attention. This dangerous black widow is a spider, not a superhero Alabama is home to two species of black widow spiders: the southern ...