THE funnel web spider is regarded as one of the world’s deadliest arachnids. It’s no surprise that arachnophobia is one of the most common fears, as these critters cause devastation whe… ...

The largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous arachnid has been found by a member of the public in Australia. The deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, dubbed Hercules, was found on the Central ...

In this Dec. 10, 2023 photo supplied by the Australian Reptile Park, a male specimen of the Sydney funnel-web spider, the world’s most poisonous arachnid, has been found and donated to the ...

"Hercules," a funnel-web spider, is 3.1 inches (7.9 centimeters) from hairy foot to hairy foot, according to the Associated Press — about the same diameter as an Olympic gold medal.

Funnel-webs on K'gari have been genetically isolated from the mainland for a long time, and their venom has developed a unique peptide profile with a labyrinthine chemical composition, ...

Funnel-web spiders in particular are a lethal species capable of causing death only hours after envenomation - but no fatalities have been reported since the antivenom was developed in 1981.

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, the ...

A shortage of Sydney funnel-web spiders this year could have deadly consequences as the species becomes more active going into autumn, experts say. Humidity and rainfall forecast for the Greater ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 km (105 miles) north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, ...

The park, near Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, was on the receiving end of the biggest male funnel-web spider to ever be donated to its antivenene program and, appropriately, the 7.9cm nightmare ...