SYDNEY (Reuters) -In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever ...

If you are a local to Australia or plan on visiting, how scared should you be of stumbling across the most deadly spider in ...

Australian Reptile Park, located near Sydney, Australia, shared on social media that it needs deadly funnel-web spiders and their eggs for its “life-saving antivenom program,” which uses the ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web spider dubbed "Hercules" was found on the Central Coast, about 50 miles north of Sydney, and was initially given to a local hospital, the Australian Reptile Park said ...

The spider, named after its discoverer, Simon McClusky, is similar to a trapdoor spider. According to Raven, 300 species of the brush-footed trapdoor spiders are alive today but don't fossilize.

The incredible collection was amassed by one woman. Find out what her work tells us about the Australian landscape.

Australian Reptile Park asks residents to be on alert for spiders in cool, dark areas. Some areas the funnel-webs like to frequent are shoes, piles of laundry, pools and debris left in yards and ...

Like one Aussie mom who was too busy feeding a possum to notice the massive huntsman spider that came to join the dinner party. Arachnophobes, you’ve been warned, there’s a very big spider in ...

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 ...