It caused quite the fright for would-be owner Shaun Webb when he found out that his tarantulas had gone missing. In a ...

Australian funnel-web spiders, which comprise the family Atracidae, are believed to be the most venomous spiders in existence, named for the funnel-shaped webs they build to pull passing prey into.

A new funnel-web spider species discovered in north-east Tasmania has been named after the museum researcher who found it.