Few creatures have earned a reputation as chilling as the Sydney funnel-web spider. Found across eastern Australia, this ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...

An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly to humans than that of any other spider, the iconic Sydney funnel-web has ...

Scientists have named and described a new “giant” fossil spider species that lived between 11 and 16 million years ago in what is now modern-day Australia. The spider was discovered at the McGraths ...

A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, ...

With fangs that can 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 lives after ...

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 had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth in ...

Australian construction robot Charlotte uses sand, crushed brick and recycled glass to 3D print fireproof, floodproof homes ...