Thanks to science, the deadliest spider in the world revealed a long-held secret that could have implications for those who ...

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

Certain spider bites can take down a small animal, but very few are lethal to humans. In most cases, a poisonous spider bite on humans results in pain, swelling, vomiting, dizziness, headaches ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of an antivenom in 1981, despite the 30 to 40 recorded funnel-web bites every ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger ... The dark, glossy and large spiders are considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for ...

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central Coast, and the ...

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They also, through some quirk of evolution, secrete a venom more deadly to humans than any other spider. There are dozens of funnel-web species in Australia, but the most venomous of the bunch is ...

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