The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying ...

As summer approaches in Australia, residents are being warned to be on the lookout for one of the country's deadliest species of spider during mating season. The heads up is not simply to avoid ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

Dr. Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of ... burrows in search of females during the mating season. "While funnel-web bites are the most severe ...

According to the Australian Museum, the average length of a funnel-web spider’s body is 1 to 5 ... nearby areas at the start of every breeding season to beware and to carefully and calmly ...