Among the thousands of spider species found around the world, only a small handful are considered capable of killing a healthy adult human with their bite, and one of the most notorious lives in ...

The Australian Reptile Park has officially declared funnel-web season and is issuing an urgent warning to remain vigilant as ...

Few spiders anywhere in the world carry venom capable of killing a healthy adult human, and one of that short list lives in backyards, gardens, and swimming pools across one of Australia’s most ...

The world's most venomous spiders have been quietly keeping a secret, and it is woven from silk. A new field study of ...

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

Finding a spider in a pair of shoes, a laundry basket, or in a closet is never a pleasant experience. As Australia is famous for its diverse creatures and its frightening spiders, people that live in ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SYDNEY (AP) — With fangs that could pierce a ...

Dr Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of the authors of the study suggested naming the newly identified species from Newcastle after Christensen’s ...