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

The Newcastle funnel-web spider has a body length of more than 9cm - Kane Christensen A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by ...

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 ...

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

Queensland researchers have developed a revolutionary drug called IB409, made using funnel web spider venom, that works by ...

Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the eastern brown snake, these creatures are just a sampling of the critters ...

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named ...

SYDNEY — 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 nickname "Big ...