Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the ...

In the UK, the species responsible for these webs include the labyrinth spider and the house spider (which, despite its name, ...

While the quickest recorded death from a Sydney funnel-web spider was a toddler at 13 minutes, the average is closer to 76 ...

The next time you sweep away a cobweb without a second thought, consider this: the silken structure is an engineering marvel. According to new research published last week in Current Biology, a ...

Funnel-weaving spiders may be using webs to soundproof against manmade noise which tends to overlap with frequency range they use for communication ...

These spiders vary in size, ranging from 1/8 inch to 1 inch in length. They're often brightly colored and build beautiful webs of concentric circles and radiating lines. Funnel weaver spiders.

There are several funnel-web spiders, but the most well-known is the Atrax robustus. These arachnids, found in Australia, are "large, black aggressive spider[s] with large powerful fangs," said the ...