The largest male specimen yet of the most venomous spider in the world has been found in Australia. "Hercules," a funnel-web spider, is 3.1 inches (7.9 centimeters) from hairy foot to hairy foot, ...

Funnel web spiders are a group of spiders that belong to the Dipluridae family in the order Araneida. They get this name from the shape of the web that they weave. Since there are several varieties of ...

A team of University of Queensland researchers has revealed why male funnel web spiders develop much deadlier venom than their female counterparts. Led by UQ's Associate Professor Bryan Fry, the team ...

It feels like one of the first things anyone learns about Australia is that we have two of the most deadly spiders in the world: redbacks and funnel-webs. And funnel-webs have always been the scarier ...