A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales. 2 ...

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 ...

Australia has a reputation for venomous wildlife, particularly spiders. A good part of that reputation comes from the deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus. This particular spider has ...

Volunteer fossil hunters and trained paleontologists uncover a new Australian dinosaur and the oldest known megaraptorid.

Known for their fast-acting venom, funnel web spiders are both fascinating and intimidating. The family of Australian funnel web spiders includes the Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus), a ...

Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.

An animal rescue service in Australia expected to remove four red-bellied snakes from the backyard of a Sydney home. Instead, they uncovered more than 100.

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth ...

Let’s start this morning by going back to the dawn of the supercar. The Lamborghini Miura and then the Countach. The Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer. The Maserati Merak and Bora. We stuck posters of these ...