Brown recluse spiders move in during the fall. Know where they live, keep them out of your home and avoid a bite. What you ...

The Australian Reptile Park is calling on Aussies to collect and donate funnel-web spiders and egg sacs to help produce ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – A reptile park in Australia is warning residents to keep their eyes peeled for a large, deadly spider species as summer approaches. The funnel-web spider is one of ...

Australia has a reputation for venomous wildlife, particularly spiders. A good part of that reputation comes from the deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus. This particular spider has evaded ...

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One of the world's most deadly spiders may have developed its extremely toxic venom as a way of protecting itself while on its annual sex march. The venom of Australian funnel-web spiders contains ...

This is your creepy-crawly warning. Read on at your own risk. A zoo in Australia has acquired what officials there say is the largest funnel web spider they've ever seen. Measuring in at 8 centimeters ...

Sydney — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world's most poisonous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park where it will help save ...

Wildlife experts in Australia said they recently came into contact with the largest male specimen of the world's most venomous spider. Measuring 7.9 cm (3.11 inches), the arachnid named Hercules is ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the deadliest arachnids in the world. The Sydney funnel-back spider has held ...

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the public foe the Australian Reptile Park A spider named after a mythological hero recently set a ...

The Australian Reptile Park's spider keeper says she named the spider Hemsworth because the arachnid towers over other spiders, like the Hemsworth brothers From the same zoo in Australia that gave us ...