Spider expert Emma Teni explains why funnel-web spiders are flooding backyards right now, where to find them, and what to do ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the ...

The Australian Reptile Park has issued an urgent warning that the long-lasting effects of COVID-19 lockdowns are still being ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

They say good things come in threes—but is that true even for the most venomous spider in the world? Scientists in Germany and Australia have reclassified one of the world’s most infamous arachnids.

Venom from the deadly funnel-web spider could soon be the key to preventing damage from heart attacks and strokes, as a ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different species ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth in ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider delivers venom that attacks the nervous system within minutes, though its toxins are now helping ...