A team of scientists led by The University of Western Australia has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in the ...

The new spider, named Kwonkan nemoralis, was found during an expedition to Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region.

A population of extraordinary spiders discovered in the coastal dunes north of Alkimos have had their only known habitat ...

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A team of scientists led by The University of Western Australia has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in the Kimberley region, marking ...

"Spiders do not usually run towards people when they sense danger. This would be like humans running towards something like Godzilla," said spider scientist Sebastian Echeverri.

An Australian zoo is urging the public to catch and donate the world’s deadliest spiders to support its lifesaving antivenom programme. The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a ...

"Spiders do not usually run towards people when they sense danger. This would be like humans running towards something like ...

The Australian native huntsman spider is a common creature to spot in some parts of the country - most commonly in Auckland, as well as in parts of the South Island. But in the last few months, locals ...

An Australian zoo has put out an unusual but urgent appeal for public donations of funnel-web spiders, one of the world’s most venomous arachnids. The Australian Reptile Park on Feb 25 called ...

Professor Glenn King with a live female funnel web spider in this lab at the University of Queensland. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian Discovered in 2016, the molecule in the venom of ...