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

It was believed the Sydney funnel-web spider was a widespread species in Australia, but science discovered the one genus was actually three The funnel-web spider was first discovered in 1877.

The Sydney funnel-web spider, found only in Australia, has been donated to the Australian Reptile Park to help save lives by contributing to the park's antivenom program.

The ‘hero’ video tells the story of young Tommy who survived a venomous funnel-web spider bite thanks to swift intervention from one of the program’s APLS-trained nurses, highlighting the ...

If the Sydney funnel-web is the stuff of an arachnophobe's nightmares, the redback is more of a daytime fever dream. This spider – closely related to the black widow spider of North American ...