Intrigued, researchers collected funnel-web spiders from the Sydney region and compared them with specimens held in the ...

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the public foe the Australian Reptile Park A spider named after a mythological hero recently set a ...

Dr Roberts says the advice for any spider bite, other than the funnel-web, is “to wash the area with some antiseptic, double check that your tetanus is up to date, and otherwise, it's a matter ...

Mary Glantz was in her room at a Hampton Inn in Columbia, South Carolina, last Friday night during a trip visiting friends when her phone began pinging furiously with messages at 9:30 p.m.

Scientists have discovered that the venom of the world’s deadliest spider will kill of pests but won't harm bees. They combined poison from the Australian funnel web spider - whose venom is ...

The Gila monster's bite may be agonising, but humans have been using ... ability to protect the brain from damage caused by strokes. The venom of the Australian funnel-web spider can kill a human in ...

King does not have a favourite source of venom, but he does have a soft spot for the Australian funnel-web spider, which has repeatedly shown potential as a supplier of eco-friendly insecticides ...

A massive funnel web spider with fangs so long they could bite through a human fingernail has been donated to a lifesaving antivenom program at the Australian Reptile Park.

Funnel webs are considered one of Australia’s most fearsome spiders, but their ability to kill humans is by accident rather than design, our new research shows.

The Australian Reptile Park on the outskirts ... Tenti said that no fatal funnel-web spider bites have been reported since the antivenom was developed in 1981. "We're the only place in Australia ...