Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discovered in 2023, the Whitsunday hinterland pelican spider is a specialized predator that sneaks up on its prey instead of using ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia has a reputation for venomous wildlife, particularly spiders. A good part of that reputation comes from the deadly ...

Arachnophobes may be alarmed to hear that scientists have identified 55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders. Coming from the same group as tarantulas and funnel-web spiders, wishbone spiders ...

Hugh Marsh from Perth, Australia, was in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, for his cousin's wedding when he found the stowaway in his shoes. Initially thinking there was a wedge of tissue in the toe, ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth in ...

The largest male specimen of the world's most venomous arachnid, the Sydney funnel-web spider, has been relocated to the Australian Reptile Park. The spider will contribute to the reptile park’s ...

Fair warning: If you’re deathly afraid of spiders, or are sensitive to yucky stuff, you should probably skip this story. Or maybe put a hand over the screen when we get to the photos. OK? About a week ...