They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a ...

A statement from the Sydney National Museum and Newcastle University said a new subspecies of deadly venomous spiders has been ...

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 ...

Who was the male funnel-web named “Colossus,” dating back to 2018. In a land known for its unique and diverse wildlife, researchers recently stumbled upon an arachnid marvel. A male specimen of the ...

Most orb webs are only up during one day or one night and then have to be rebuilt but the damage caused by struggling prey can sometimes be repaired. Perhaps the most famous group of spiders that ...

Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and Atrax christenseni. Led by a team from the Leibniz Institute ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been reported to have been killed by it. What some Australian scientists didn’t ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Venomous Arachnid Reclassified The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus), known for its potent venom, has long been a source of caution for Australians. Found primarily along the eastern ...