SYDNEY – With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world's most venomous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park where it will help save ...

The largest male specimen yet of the most venomous spider in the world has been found in Australia. "Hercules," a funnel-web spider, is 3.1 inches (7.9 centimeters) from hairy foot to hairy foot, ...

Australia has already dealt with extreme fires, flooding and hail this year. Now experts are warning people to watch out for deadly funnel-web spiders due to “perfect conditions” for the arachnid to ...

This week the Australian Reptile Park welcomed a lethal new resident who they say is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded at 9.2cm from ‘foot to foot’ – and he is named Hemsworth. The ...

SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Some Sydney funnel-web spiders are scrambling into the Australian brush carrying special cargo: a telemetry tracker to study how far a mature male can travel at night and ...

The Australian Reptile Park has welcomed the largest male Sydney funnel-web spider, "Hercules," to their antivenom program. With fangs capable of piercing a human fingernail, this formidable arachnid ...

The largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous arachnid has been found by a member of the public in Australia. Experts from Australian Reptile Park retrieved it and soon realised the ...

Australian funnel-web spiders are infamous for causing human fatalities, which are induced by venom peptides known as δ-hexatoxins (δ-HXTXs). Humans and other primates did not feature in the prey or ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating revelation about Australia’s iconic funnel-web spider. New research reveals that what was once thought to be one species, the Sydney funnel-web, is actually ...

A shortage of Sydney funnel-web spiders this year could have deadly consequences as the species becomes more active going ...

Australians are warned to remain on high alert as funnel-web spider season approaches - with the deadly critters expected to sweep across the nation like a 'plague'. Billy Collett, Operations Manager ...