With great power comes great responsibility. That applies to a super-powered Spider-Man, but apparently pitching, too.

The word "tarantula" is not commonly used in our everyday language. Yet, everyone immediately knows what it means: a large, hairy spider. Today, people might be more inclined to say "bird spider." But ...

While it's sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Only female mosquitoes bite. They need a blood meal to produce eggs. The female may bite 20 times before she finds a small blood vessel.

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LOUIS – Harry Bell is sharing his frightening ordeal after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. Bell was bitten ... thought it was just a mosquito bite or a bug bite,” he said.

Julia Edythe McCann, 20, of Camp Hill, was charged after the March 4, 2024 incident on North 21st Street, according to East Pennsboro Township Police. The attack happened around 6:30 p.m. when McCann, ...

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VERO BEACH, Florida (WPTV) — A simple spider bite changed 14-year-old Alayna Nguyen’s life in ways she never expected. The Treasure Coast teenager was bitten by a brown recluse, which set off ...