Funnel-web spiders vary in length and have a black to brown color, according to the Australian Museum. Additionally, there have been no recorded deaths from a funnel-web spider bite since the ...

There are a staggering 43,000 species of spiders, and among them, the Sydney funnel-web is considered the most dangerous - with one bite able to kill a toddler ...

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.

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of an antivenom in 1981, despite the 30 to 40 recorded funnel-web bites ...

The biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded — a deadly behemoth measuring 3.6 inches (9.2 centimeters) from foot to foot — has been handed into a zoo in Australia.

If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel-web spider sitting on her egg sac, your first instinct might be to run away. But the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging residents of nearby ...

At least 13 people have died from the spider species. The park said that no one has died from the spider’s deadly bite since the creation of the antivenom in 1981. Residents who find funnel-web ...

By Jay Ganglani, CNN (CNN) — 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’d ever seen.

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named ...

Funnel-web spiders vary in length and have a black to brown color, according to the Australian Museum. Additionally, there have been no recorded deaths from a funnel-web spider bite since the ...