Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...

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

New proteins not found in nature have now been designed to counteract certain highly poisonous components of snake venom. The deep learning, computational methods for developing these ...

New proteins not found in nature have now been designed to counteract certain highly poisonous components of snake venom. The deep learning ...

Each year, snake bites kill upwards of 100,000 people and permanently disable hundreds of thousands more, according to ...

The current way to produce antivenoms is antiquated. Experiments in mice suggest that an artificial intelligence approach could save time and money.

Now, a new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered, and it is larger and even deadlier than all other funnel-web ...

Mice were protected against lethal snake toxins for the first time, in a ‘breakthrough’ moment thanks to artificial ...

The AI-designed proteins could form the basis of a new generation of therapies for snakebites — which kill an estimated ...

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