If you thought Australia’s spiders were scary, wait until you see the prehistoric version. Scientists have found a fossilised ...

Volunteer fossil hunters and trained paleontologists uncover a new Australian dinosaur and the oldest known megaraptorid.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Australia has a frighteningly high estimate of 10,000 local species of ... The closest thing would be the sea-dwelling giant Antarctic sea spider. While this creature sounds ...

An Australian zoo has put out an unusual but urgent appeal for public donations of funnel-web spiders, one of the world’s most venomous arachnids. The Australian Reptile Park on Feb 25 called ...

A giant spider is making a surprising comeback in Europe, after years of near extinction. Once thought to be disappearing, its population is now booming in unexpected places. Conservation efforts have ...

Sydneysiders can expect are surge in funnel-web spiders this autumn. Picture: Supplied Australian Reptile Park seeking funnel web spider donations. Picture: Supplied Spider keeper Emma Teni said ...

(To appreciate the psychological failure of this descriptive practice, consider the giant huntsman spider ... and South America), mouse spiders (found in Chile and Australia), Australian funnel ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, (Australia): An Australian zoo has put out an unusual but urgent appeal for public donations of funnel-web spiders, one of the world’s most venomous arachnids. The Australian ...

Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is one of the most common phobias – even for those without a full-blown fear, these eight-legged beasties still give plenty of people the creeps. But before ...