The Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging Sydney residents to carefully collect funnel-web spiders and their ...

With sharp fangs and eight legs, spiders cause quite a reaction. They come in all shapes and sizes, but these are the biggest spiders in the world.

It can bite humans but will usually run from people ... Grass spiders are also called funnel web spiders because of the funnel-shaped web they weave. One grass spider left undisturbed can create a web ...

Canberra served up g'days, Tim Tams, cheers and applause for King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the third day of their historic visit to Australia, but also protests and calls for the ...

In a promising development, Australian researchers are gearing up to start clinical trials for a heart attack treatment based on the venom of the K'gari funnel web spider. The team, which is based ...

A researcher interacting with a K'gari funnel-web spider © University of Queensland Our ailing hearts might someday owe a debt of gratitude to a venomous spider ...