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

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different ...