Chinese national Zhang Qiran, 22, pleaded guilty after 125 native spiders and insects were found in his luggage at Sydney ...

In a remote wildlife sanctuary of southern Australia, a flower photographer noticed some movement in the bushes and spotted an unfamiliar colorful creature. He snapped a few photos and shared them ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...

An Australian company has created a significant evolution of the construction industry in the form of Charlotte, a spider-like robot capable of building houses.

Researchers in Australia have made a big discovery: a super-size species of trapdoor spider found only in Central Queensland. The arachnid has been dubbed Euoplos dignitas — a name "derived from the ...

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

A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, ...

Severe flooding that developed across Australia within the last week forced tens of thousands of residents of New South Wales to evacuate, while those still at home now have to be on alert for swarms ...

Spider crabs have the dual challenge of being delicious and needing to moult, and once a year, this spells trouble.

On October 11, 2025, in Brisbane, Australia, @itsbroookesmith shared a video capturing a tense but funny moment involving a spider. In the shows a spider perched on a glass door, startling the author.

As if the mouse and snake plagues weren’t bad enough, Southeastern Australia is being blanketed in horror movie-evoking spiderwebs following severe flooding in the region. The spooky images were first ...