We see a black funnel web spider with a red mark on its underside. It's on the brown dirt and its four front legs are raised, showing its fangs. We see a black funnel web spider with a red mark on its ...

The Newcastle funnel-web spider has a body length of more than 9cm - Kane Christensen A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by ...

Australia has already dealt with extreme fires, flooding and hail this year. Now experts are warning people to watch out for deadly funnel-web spiders due to “perfect conditions” for the arachnid to ...

SYDNEY – 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 save ...

SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Some Sydney funnel-web spiders are scrambling into the Australian brush carrying special cargo: a telemetry tracker to study how far a mature male can travel at night and ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider's venom is exceedingly dangerous. Its neurotoxic effects attack the human body, and can kill a person in just 15 minutes. It is capable of piercing its large fangs through ...

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The funnel-web, which measured in at 9.2cm, was donated to the park’s antivenom program this week, making it the biggest male funnel-web ever donated. An average sized funnel-web spider. Picture: ...

Citizens of Sydney and its greater area have been warned to keep on the lookout for funnel-web spiders in their homes, backyards, and parks, as the weather creates perfect conditions for the deadly ...

The park, near Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, was on the receiving end of the biggest male funnel-web spider to ever be donated to its antivenene program and, appropriately, the 7.9cm nightmare ...

Jake Meney, of the Australian Reptile Park, north of Sydney, told Australia's 9 News on Wednesday that hot temperatures and days of rain have increased humidity, creating perfect conditions to lure ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating revelation about Australia’s iconic funnel-web spider. New research reveals that what was once thought to be one species, the Sydney funnel-web, is actually ...