SYDNEY, Jan 14 (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 ...

Male wasp spiders use the hairs on their legs to sniff out mates 1. A sense of taste has been documented in many spiders, but how most species smell airborne chemicals remains a mystery ...

Alexandra Tuohey traveled to Sydney with her family for a week, but when she returned to her home outside of Melbourne, she was greeted by three massive huntsman spiders on her living room wall.

Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing mystery was related to how spiders detect smells. Now, our latest research ...