Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The ...

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the public foe the Australian Reptile Park A spider named after a mythological hero recently set a ...

Although there’s a whole trope about Australia being some scary place full of buff cows, stinging trees, and hawks that literally spread their own fires, we all know it’s actually a wonderful place to ...

Two fossilised spiders have been found entombed in iron-rich sediments at a recently discovered site in New South Wales, Australia. One is the second biggest fossil spider that has ever been uncovered ...

Australia is synonymous with venomous spiders and snakes-- but scientists have discovered new toxins in what they label a "truly venomous" plant. A team of researchers from the University of ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different species ...