Spiders, their venom and their silk pose many unsolved questions for science. A new study provides clues to better understand ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

The deadly caterpillars – within the South American genus called Lonomia – have a snakelike venom that interferes with blood ...

There are seven broad types of spider webs, and each is created in a unique way. In this article, we find out about their ...

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

They also, through some quirk of evolution, secrete a venom more deadly to humans than any other spider. There are dozens of ...

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Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite ...

Venomous spiders are spreading across the UK and hospitalising a record number of people. Only 10 species currently in the country have the fangs and jaw muscles needed to penetrate human skin. The ...

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 ...