Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large black funnel web spider on a white background with a coin to illustrate its size. The largest male specimen yet of the ...

Few creatures inspire as much fear as venomous spiders. Just the thought of accidentally reaching into a dark corner and ...

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From the same zoo in Australia that gave us giant spiders Hercules and Colossus comes an arachnid that is ... even bigger. The Australian Reptile Park recently recorded its largest male funnel-web ...

Sydney — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world's most poisonous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park where it will help save ...

Sydneysiders have been warned about a surge of the world’s most venomous spider as the wet season approaches — but are urged not to kill them.

Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the eastern brown snake, these creatures are just a sampling of the critters ...

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 ...

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Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday, ...