“ snake envenomation, ” a spokesperson at the Maryland Department of Health said. The agency

The venomous arachnids were flushed out of their lairs and into peoples' homes after a storm tore through the region.... According to local media, 503 people in the southern Egyptian province have been treated for scorpion stings....

Scientists in Galway have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a protected species of bat in the UK. The new study, titled Webslinger Versus Dark Knight, published in the international journal Ecosphere, shows that false widow spiders continue to have an impact on native species.It is the first time a member of the Theridiidae family of spiders has been recorded preying on a bat anywhere in the world, or any vertebrate in the UK. Scientists in Galway with the noble

He delivered the news calmly, in the way one explains that dinner is ready. Which of us, he asked, wanted to touch it first?... Sargent, 44, runs Hong Kong Snakes Safari, an outfit that takes residents on night hikes through the territory’s wooded hinterlands.... Human-animal conflicts are inevitable because so much of the protected land lies within walking distance of dense urban areas. Wild boars, in particular, often cause a stir when they wander into busy streets or subway stations....