Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions ...

The species has fangs that produce a painful bite, like a wasp sting, resulting in a range of unpleasant symptoms that can ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been ...

The spider is so large, its fangs could pierce and deliver their lethal venom through a human fingernail ... funnel-web spider and other spider bites. Emma Teni, the spider keeper at the ...

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

Let's talk about the woodlouse spider, an arachnid with a unique hunting style and impressive jaws. Known scientifically as ...

Venomous spiders are spreading across the UK and hospitalising a record number of people. Only 10 species currently in the country have the fangs and jaw muscles needed to penetrate human skin. The ...

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

There are more than 43,000 species of spider in the world and one of them "can kill a toddler in five minutes".

MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...