The Australian Reptile Park is calling on Aussies to collect and donate funnel-web spiders and egg sacs to help produce ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...

Discover the Peacock Spider, Australia’s tiny dancing wonder. Learn about its colorful displays, unique behaviorus.

King and his Institute colleague, heart disease expert Nathan Palpant, Ph.D., discovered that the Hi1a molecule from the ...

A fossilized spider unearthed in the grasslands of eastern Australia has turned out to be the largest of its kind ever discovered on the continent—and possibly one of the largest fossil spiders found ...

An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly to humans than that of any other spider, the iconic Sydney funnel-web has ...

Scientists have named and described a new “giant” fossil spider species that lived between 11 and 16 million years ago in what is now modern-day Australia. The spider was discovered at the McGraths ...

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 ...

A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, ...

Developers of a speedy, "spider-like" robot named Charlotte believe it could be building homes on Earth within years, and ...