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Native to Australia, redbacks are small venomous spiders, and their males are unusual even within the widow spider family.

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...

A 10-year-old boy’s curiosity led scientists to identify a new wolf spider species in Australia. Named Artoriopsis murphyi ...

Arachnophobes may be alarmed to hear that scientists have identified 55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders. Coming from the same group as tarantulas and funnel-web spiders, wishbone spiders ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different species ...

Tom Hardy and his Marvel character Venom have given their names to a newly-discovered Australian spider. The genus Venomius and its only current species Venomius tomhardyi were described following an ...

The largest male specimen of the world's most venomous arachnid, the Sydney funnel-web spider, has been relocated to the Australian Reptile Park. The spider will contribute to the reptile park’s ...

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A team of researchers at Macquarie University, in Australia, working with two colleagues from Universität Hamburg, in Germany, has uncovered the means by which the Australian ant-slayer spider is able ...

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