Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the ...

However, a closer inspection revealed that Hemsworth was, in fact, a male. At 9.2 cm, Hemsworth breaks the previous size record held by Hercules, another funnel-web spider who measured 7.9 cm. While ...

Do male spiders spin webs ... They can build their webs on grass, shrubs, window wells, and foundations. Funnel web spiders (Australian funnel web spiders). Found mostly in Australia, they ...

There are several funnel-web spiders, but the most well-known is the Atrax robustus. These arachnids, found in Australia, are "large, black aggressive spider[s] with large powerful ... mostly native ...

Emma works from a tiny office known as the spider milking room. On a typical day, she milks - or extracts the venom from - 80 of these Sydney funnel-web spiders. On three of the four walls there ...

Emma works from a tiny office known as the spider milking room. On a typical day, she milks - or extracts the venom from - 80 of these Sydney funnel-web spiders. On three of the four walls there are ...