Suddenly, out runs a huge, hairy spider. Australia’s huntsman spiders are ... may stretch 15cm and they lay egg sacs the size of golf balls. Anyone who has chased a leggy huntsman knows that ...

Three new peacock spiders have been revealed by an Australian taxonomist, but he swears they are “harmless” and “charismatic”. The species from Western Australia were revealed by Joseph ...

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 a ...

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 ...

Researchers in Australia discovered a rare, giant species of trapdoor spider found only in Central Queensland. Its name, Euoplos dignitas, comes from the Latin word meaning dignity or greatness ...

Researchers have discovered a new and rare "giant" trapdoor spider species in Australia, the Queensland Museum Network announced. Scientists found the large arachnids in the Brigalow Belt in ...

Scientists believe there might be as many as 15,000 different species of spiders in Australia, with dozens only just formally identified and named. Dr Robert Raven believes there are around ...

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 ...

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 ...