A man in the Australian state of Victoria wanted to catch a giant crab spider with a glass food jar. But the hunt went ...

Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of ... burrows in search of females during the mating season. "While funnel-web bites are the most severe among ...

The new animated series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, premieres on Disney Plus on January 29, 2025. It explores ...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is hours away from its debut on Disney Plus, so make sure you know when it’s dropping.

They say good things come in threes—but is that true even for the most venomous spider in the world? Scientists in Germany and Australia have reclassified one of the world’s most infamous ...

Although terrifying, the Sydney funnel-web spider is an intriguing part of Australian biodiversity, and this discovery underlines the need for continued research even into the best-known species.

According to the Australian Museum, the average length of a funnel-web spider’s body is 1 to 5 ... nearby areas at the start of every breeding season to beware and to carefully and calmly ...

Here’s how it works. One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest.