Cairu: In a shocking incident, a tourist in Brazil died after being bitten in the leg by a deadly venomous spider nesting in a restaurant's wicker chair. Reports suggested that the man fell ...

The venom of the Brazilian wandering spider causes long-lasting, painful erections, sparking its development into a drug treating erectile dysfunction. U.S. World ...

“Banana spiders” are known for appearing in boxes of bananas. Not all types are dangerous to humans. The Brazilian wandering spider is more venomous but rarely appears in shipments. “Banana ...

The bite of Phoneutria nigriventer, known as the Brazilian wandering spider, is potent and can be deadly in some cases. The Brazilian and US researchers interviewed men who claimed their sex lives had ...

Bromeliad spiders are also a type of wandering spider, and are sometimes mistaken for Brazilian wandering spiders. This is often due to the red fangs that both types of spiders have.

Scientists have found that deadly spider venom in in smaller amounts could help treat erectile dysfunction (Picture: Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton) Venom from the Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria ...

Scientists in Brazil have been testing an alternative treatment for erectile dysfunction that uses venom from the Brazilian wandering spider, also known as a banana spider. Their research isn't ...

Scientists say a synthetic compound derived from Brazilian wandering spider venom could treat people with erectile dysfunction for whom drugs like Viagra don't work. When you purchase through ...

Using the venom of the infamous Brazilian wandering spider, Phoneutria nigriventer, researchers synthesized BZ371A, a synthetic chemical poised to change the way we think about sexual health ...

Researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil say they’ve created a synthetic version of the active ingredient in the venom responsible for causing erections, called BZ371A.

From here the spider venom ED drug will go on to additional testing, where it will see a much larger scale of testing. That phase is set to begin within the month and will focus on testing it on ...

A shopper got an unexpected freebie with her bananas when she discovered an egg sac thought to be from a venomous South American spider. Pauline Smith, 51, said she bought the bananas from Aldi in ...