King and his Institute colleague, heart disease expert Nathan Palpant, Ph.D., discovered that the Hi1a molecule from the ...

What does a funnel-web spider look like? If you're still struggling to identify a funnel-web spider, this spider identification app should be able to help.

Almost every Australian is taught, from a very young age, to be cautious around the funnel-web spider. These large, black, aggressive arachnids can be found along the eastern coast of the ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is native to Australia. As its name implies, it is typically found in the greater Sydney area and the Central Coast in forests and home gardens.

In this Dec. 10, 2023 photo supplied by the Australian Reptile Park, a male specimen of the Sydney funnel-web spider, the world's most poisonous arachnid, has been found and donated to the ...

The 3.1 inch Sydney funnel-web spider is expected to be a big contributor to a reptile park's antivenom program.

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 ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

The Australian Reptile Park has introduced its largest male funnel-web spider yet — named Hemsworth, after the tall Hemsworth brothers. The male funnel-web is one of the most venomous spiders in ...

Hercules the funnel-web spider, one of the world's most venomous spider species, is the largest known male of his kind to be found by a member of the public. The arachnid is now part of the ...

The largest male specimen yet discovered of the world's most venomous spider, the Sydney funnel-web, now resides at the Australian Reptile Park.