The good news is that most spiders can't bite humans. But the bad news? Some spider bites can be dangerous and, rarely, even deadly. So, is your bug bite is actually a spider bite? It’s not always ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Noble false widow spiders - or steatoda nobilis - are on the rise in the UK, and prefer living in or near houses [Getty Images] ...

A surge in Britain's false widow spider population has been linked to a sharp rise in hospital admissions for bites, disturbing new figures suggest. Provisional NHS data shows 100 people were admitted ...