One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these ...

F or years, Australia’s most infamous spider, the Sydney funnel-web, was feared and revered as a singular menace. It’s ...

Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with ...

The largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous spider has been found The largest ... a new home after being discovered north of Sydney, Australia.

SYDNEY, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A team of Australian scientists has discovered 55 new species of wishbone spiders in a major study exploring some of the country's more remote ecosystems, the University ...

While extremely poisonous, the risk of human contact and envenomation is generally low, as these frogs are found in specific rainforest habitats and are not aggressive. Due to their toxicity, poison ...

“This autumn is predicted to have high humidity and higher rainfall, which is the perfect condition to have our funnel-web spiders wandering about.” The male Sydney funnel-web spider is the ...

Regarding Nola Tucker’s skinks (C8), Richard Hambly of Potts Point, advises, “We have skinks, plural, in our apartment block and they use the stairwell to change abodes. Thinking to evict them, I ...