In Australia, residents are urged to capture funnel-web spiders, despite their deadly reputation. These spiders' venom is ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was ...

So, while the prospect of a jumping spider might be icky, the biomechanics behind it are certainly interesting. New research by Macquarie University in Sydney has examined the jumping ability of ...

The largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous spider has been found The largest ... a new home after being discovered north of Sydney, Australia.

SYDNEY, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A team of Australian scientists has discovered 55 new species of wishbone spiders in a major study exploring some of the country's more remote ecosystems, the University ...