The dead tissue made it clear to doctors that the woman had been bitten by a Mediterranean recluse, a spider whose bite is known to destroy skin and underlying fat, causing "sunken-in" scars or "a ...

Just like with people, spider bites on dogs can be serious depending on the type of spider. If you suspect your dog was bitten by one of these eight-legged creatures, don't stress: Life ...

The spider was seen next to one of its old exoskeletons that it had molted inside the woman's ear. "It is not uncommon to find a spider in humans. It usually finds a dark place to molt.

Doctors later told her it was a highly venomous brown recluse spider. Luckily, after a checkup, doctors told her the spider did not bite her. "I never thought they would crawl in your ear or any ...

In 2012, doctors in China found a spider that had been living in a woman's ear for 5 days. And in 2007, an Oregon boy complaining of a faint popping sound "like Rice Krispies" ended up having two ...

Luckily, Torres survived the encounter without any bites from the spider, which are also known as violin spiders because of their markings. Though the arachnids are highly venomous, the Center for ...

A Mediterranean recluse, a spider related to brown recluses, bit the ear of a young woman visiting Italy. The rare bite resulted in the woman losing part of her year.

One woman's Italian vacation took a turn for the worse when she woke up with pain in her ear one night. She had no way of knowing then that she'd just been bitten by a Mediterranean recluse spider ...