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 ...

Since the inception of the program in 1981, there has not been a fatality in Australia from a funnel-web spider bite. Recent rainy, humid weather along Australia's east coast has provided the ...

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 ...

Scientists at the University of Queensland have been studying the venom of the K’gari funnel web spider, an arachnid native to Australia. Their research has led to a remarkable finding ...

The molecule, a small protein called Hi1a, mimics one made by Australian funnel-web spiders. It works by preventing heart tissue from becoming too acidic during a heart attack. The hope is that ...

Oct. 23, 2024 — Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause ...

If bitten, the worst symptom is a burning pain at the bite site. Also known as the ornate tiger spider, this large tarantula from Sri Lanka lives in the holes of tall trees where it spins a funnel web ...