Cannibalism among spiders isn't unheard of, black widows are named for eating their mates after all, but it's odd to see it ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over ...

A Costa Rican pirate spider lives up to the family name: It tricks closely related orb weaver spiders into “walking the plank,” right to their doom. Like any respectable pirate, pirate spiders ...

Measuring 7.9 cm (3.11 inches), the arachnid named Hercules is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever handed to the Australian Reptile Park, officials with the interactive zoo based in Somersby ...

Funnel-web spiders, whose most dangerous species lives in and around Sydney, are known for their deadly, fast-acting venom. Before the antivenom was introduced in 1981, 13 people died as a result ...

The Australian Reptile Park has acquired the largest male Sydney funnel-web spider. The spider is set to contribute to the park's antivenom program, officials say.

Funnel-web spiders, whose most dangerous species lives in and around Sydney, are known for their deadly, fast-acting venom. Before the antivenom was introduced in 1981, 13 people died as a result ...

Funnel-web spiders, whose most dangerous species lives in and around Sydney, are known for their deadly, fast-acting venom. Before the antivenom was introduced in 1981, 13 people died as a result ...