I was making my rounds at the county fairs across rural North Carolina. The smell of funnel cakes and the sight of big smiles, hearty backslaps, and warm greetings are always highlights ...

We're doing a Snoopy dance over the Knott's PEANUTS Celebration, of course, which will fly a kite and run for the football ...

Prepare yourself for summer nights, rodeos, concerts and funnel cakes, the 103nd annual Greeley Stampede is preparing for a ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname ...

For years, Australia’s most infamous spider, the Sydney funnel-web, was feared and revered as a singular menace. It’s officially the most venomous spider in the world, responsible for 13 ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...

The Sydney funnel-web has held the title of most venomous creepy-crawly for many years—bites can cause severe symptoms, including pain, muscle spasms, sweating, difficulty breathing, and ...

Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 inches) for the more common Sydney funnel-web. "This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot ...

Researchers have confirmed Sydney's funnel-web spiders are made up of three different species. The largest and most venomous type is known as the Newcastle funnel-web. The finding will not change ...