It's been a trying time in Australia as of late, with fires tearing through the country, followed by flooding. But now experts are warning of another threat: the funnel-web spider. According to ...

Queensland researchers have developed a revolutionary drug called IB409, made using funnel web spider venom, that works by ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian zookeeper on Tuesday urged people to catch and donate deadly funnel-web spiders, to help replenish stocks of antidote running low after a spate of spider bites. The ...

I’ve often heard Australia contains more things that can kill you than anywhere else on the planet, often coupled with the proud assertion that our deadly wildlife is deadlier than everywhere else’s ...

Aussies have just four weeks to aid a critical lifesaving program before the nation’s deadliest spider vanishes from view and into the safety of its burrow. Sydney funnel-web spiders are at their most ...