It’s a web fight! Watch as Spider-Man tries to take on two foes in this Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man clip from this ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to ...

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 ...

The Midnight Features event has taken over Marvel Rivals, and to complete some quests in it, you have to swing onto the scene as Spider-Man. If you don’t usually play as him, this can be tough ...

For years, Australia’s most infamous spider, the Sydney funnel-web, was feared and revered as a singular menace. It’s officially the most venomous spider in the world, responsible for 13 ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ is pictured at the Australian Museum in Sydney (Picture: Reuters) A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big ...

Last week, a record-breaking Newcastle funnel-web spider was caught in the wild and presented to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. It was named Hemsworth after Chris Hemsworth, the ...

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Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 inches) for the more common Sydney funnel-web. "This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot ...

Australian scientists have newly classified a bigger species of the Sydney funnel web spider, one of the world's deadliest, saying the new species could inject more venom. The new funnel web ...