Although most spiders are considered harmless, a few including Funnel-Web Spiders and Brazilian Wandering Spiders are ...

A team of scientists led by The University of Western Australia has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in the ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was ...

An Australian zoo is urging the public to catch and donate the world’s deadliest spiders to support its lifesaving antivenom programme. The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a “very ...