One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

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

Some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet are not the ones with the sharpest teeth or the largest bodies. They are, in many cases, small enough to sit on a fingernail. The blue-ringed octopus ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SYDNEY (AP) — With fangs that could pierce a ...

Sydneysiders have been warned about a surge of the world’s most venomous spider as the wet season approaches — but are urged ...