funnel-web spiders are some of the most venomous spiders on the planet. ARP's antivenom program collects funnel-web spiders from people who have captured the arachnids in the wild. Experts then ...

In the United States, envenomation (the injection of venom) usually happens during an encounter with a snake, spider, or insect. Antivenom (often spelled “antivenin”) is an antibody product that can ...

Fortunately, with the introduction of antivenom medication, there have been fewer spider-bite fatalities in the last 40 to 50 ...

Residents in Sydney and along Australia’s eastern coast are being asked to catch deadly funnel-web spiders to aid in the production of life-saving antivenom. The call, issued by the Australian ...

A collaborator asked him to analyze a toxin found in the venom of Australia’s deadly funnel-web spider. The work led to clues about the toxin’s function, a paper in Nature Structural and ...

However, since the inception of the Australian Reptile Park’s funnel-web spider antivenom program in 1981, zero deaths have been recorded. The venom program houses more than 2000 spiders ...

Tom Hardy has revealed that a Venom and Spider-Man crossover "got close" to happening. While the pair were eventually zapped back to their own universe, fans were hoping these scenes were laying ...