Getty A zoo in Australia is enlisting the public's help to catch and collect deadly funnel-web spiders to save lives. The Australian Reptile Park, located near Sydney, Australia, shared on ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web ...

The Reddit user explained that the pregnant spider was "as large as a child-sized football" (soccer ball) and estimated that it weighed between 12 and 14 ounces. According to the Australian ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth ...

Researchers have discovered that one of Australia's largest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, and one of them is bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax ...

Forget cats and dogs—it was raining spiders recently in southern Australia, according to local news reports. Though many news reports have called them babies, the spiders are actually just "very ...

Since the programme’s inception in 1981, there has not been a fatality in Australia from a funnel-web spider bite. Recent rainy, humid weather along Australia’s east coast has provided the ...

In a post to the Australian spider identification page on Facebook, Jake Gray said that he had been "watching her grow" over the last year, her being a gigantic huntsman spider. Most of you who ...

“I learnt so much about arachnids, their biology and unique behaviours and I hope that these stories helped show children around Australia what incredible creatures spiders are.” Also among ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite A zoo in Australia is enlisting the public's help to catch and collect ...