These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery implements—and their geographic range is ...

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

Despite being home to a whole cast of creepy crawlies, barely anyone has died from a spider bite in Australia in decades. We ...

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is one of Australia's most iconic arachnids. It's a member of the widow spider family, closely related to the black widow spider. They're famous for their ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been ...

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

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

ትልቅና በጣም መርዛማ ከሆኑት የዓለም የሸረሪት ዝርያዎች ውስጥ እጅግ አደገኛ የሆነው በአውስትራሊያ ሳይንቲስቶች ተገኝቷል። ሸረሪቱ ከተለመደው እና 1.97 ኢንች ከሚረዝመው የስድኒው ፈነልዌብ ሸረሪት ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday, ...

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...