A clinical trial is set to test whether a protein from the venom of the K’gari funnel web spider can protect hearts during heart attacks and organ donation. Reading time 2 minutes Our ailing hearts ...

A potential new treatment for heart attacks and strokes, developed from the venom of one of the world’s most dangerous spiders, has entered its first human clinical trial in Australia. According to a ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday, ...