Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. You wouldn't expect a critter as tiny as a spider to instill as much fear as it does in something as ...

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost every Australian is taught, from a very young age, to be cautious around the funnel-web spider. These large, black, ...

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution. By Joshua Rapp Learn There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor when ...

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 ...