A review back in 2021 documented cases of spiders preying on snakes, turning up 319 reports from every continent except ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger. When ...

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. When you ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

While these two spiders are technically cousins, there are many differences between a redback spider vs black widow spider. If you live in an area where both of these spiders exist, can you tell them ...