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

First fires, now floods - it's been a terrible year for Australia's wildlife and livestock that are now trying to survive the rainfall pummelling New South Wales. Reports of spiders swarming by ...

G’DAY and festive greetings from Down Under, where the sun is shining, the surf’s up and life’s a bowl of cherries. I gather ...

The male spiders have been more active recently ... since an antivenom was created in 1981. However, the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is the only supplier of Sydney funnel-web ...

An Australian town has been blanketed in webs after millions of baby spiders fell from the sky in a form of migration known as "ballooning". Residents of Goulburn, New South Wales, tweeted that ...

All other spiders in Australia are generally considered to be low or non-toxic.” Research has disproved previous concerns about redback spider bites. Although they contain venom, effects take ...

However, there is a valiant reason behind the ask from The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney, New South Wales. They are urging Sydneysiders to help catch funnel-web spiders and their egg sacs to ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite A zoo in Australia is enlisting the public's help to catch and collect ...

An episode of the children’s cartoon Peppa Pig has been banned in Australia after the message “spiders can't hurt you” was deemed inappropriate for Aussie audiences. The episode, Mister ...