Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost every Australian is taught, from a very young age, to be cautious around the funnel-web spider. These large, black, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spelunkers found a giant spider 'super-city' in a cave on the border of Greece and Albania. The massive webbed structure, in the ...

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 ...

Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the eastern brown snake, these creatures are just a sampling of the critters ...

An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly to humans than that of any other spider, the iconic Sydney funnel-web has ...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new species of spider—and it instantly became the most venomous story in the world. The Sydney funnel-web has held the title of most venomous creepy-crawly for ...