A man in the Australian state of Victoria wanted to catch a giant crab spider with a glass food jar. But the hunt went ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

A homeowner in Australia received quite the horrific shock when he called reptile experts after spotting a few snakes in his ...

Just seeing that amount in one group, it gives you a bit of the shudders,” said the snake catcher tasked with removing the ...

A shocking discovery in Sydney, Australia: 102 red-bellied black snakes emerge from a backyard mulch pile, catching the ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s ...

A German-born Brisbane resident has received the shock of her life after finding hundreds of baby Huntsman spiders had ... Fatima ran from the house screaming. WWF-Australia’s chief regenerative ...

Although terrifying, the Sydney funnel-web spider is an intriguing part of Australian biodiversity, and this discovery underlines the need for continued research even into the best-known species.

Related: Meet ‘Big Boy’ the funnel-web spider Kane’s hunch that there was more than one species of funnel-web was shared by the late arachnologist Dr Michael Gray at the Australian Museum. “Mike ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest ... Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus) are glossy black in color and grow to 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long. The iconic arachnids are also ...

Dubbed "Big boy'" the impressive spider can grow up to 3.54 inches (9cm) compared with 1.97 inches (5cm) for the more common Sydney funnel-web ...

It dries out completely to a black shrivelled crust in ... Incy Wincy because that was an outdoor spider that got caught in the rain. This is the giant house spider (Eratigena duellica), which ...