Echidnas are quill-covered mammals that are native to Australia and New Guinea. They lay eggs like their platypus cousins, ...

1. White-tailed Spider (Lampona cylindrata) All across Australia, white-tailed spiders are common in coastal regions. Fully grown, this spider is around 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.70 inches) in size ...

Most spiders found inside the home are harmless, but if you're worried, we've rounded up some of the most common house spiders so you can know which are potentially dangerous and how to identify them.

Australian Reptile Park, located near Sydney, Australia, shared on social media that it needs deadly funnel-web spiders and their eggs for its “life-saving antivenom program,” which uses the ...

The 3.1 inch Sydney funnel-web spider is expected to be a big contributor to a reptile park's antivenom program.

The three most common spiders found in Massachusetts are harmless to both humans and pets.

The Australian arachnid is estimated to be five times the size of the modern-day trapdoor spider and is between 11 and 16 million years old.

How many different types of spiders are there in Australia? New research has scientists estimating that there could be up to 15,000 — including thousands that haven't even been discovered yet.

What are the most common spiders in Virginia, and which ones should you be aware of potentially biting you?

A new spider species, a blind daddy long-legs, has been discovered in boreholes in Australia's Pilbara region. In addition, a new-to-science daddy long-legs species was found on R union island ...

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 ...