Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 4 (UPI) --A funnel web spider named Hercules, the largest known specimen of its kind, has been donated to the Australian ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian zookeeper on Tuesday urged people to catch and donate deadly funnel-web spiders, to help replenish stocks of antidote running low after a spate of spider bites. The ...

From the same zoo in Australia that gave us giant spiders Hercules and Colossus comes an arachnid that is ... even bigger. The Australian Reptile Park recently recorded its largest male funnel-web ...

Devastating floods have hit many areas around Australia, washing away homes during torrential rain over the past week. But now with rain easing and warmer, humid weather on the way, the park is urging ...

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 ...

SYDNEY (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

The aggressive creatures are 'arguably the most deadly spiders worldwide' and have been known to hide in shoes and laundry when indoors You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

Scientists have found that the venom of the world's deadliest spider, 'Funnel-webs' seems to vary depending on context. According to the Australian Museum, funnel-web spiders are considered the spider ...

If you see a big, deadly spider, catch it and bring it to us. That's what the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney, Australia is asking of the public. The zoo has put out the plea to adults — no ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, has been implicated in most human fatalities caused by funnel-web species, and ...