Source: Queensland Museum The research spanned across mainland Australia made possible by a collaboration from Western ...

Arachnophobes may be alarmed to hear that scientists have identified 55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders. Coming ...

A two-year study into the Australian wishbone spiders by experts from Queensland Museum, Western Australian Museum and the ...

A two-year study into Australian wishbone spiders that saw researchers travel thousands of kilometres across eastern Australia to collect specimens ...

A SNEAKY spider that becomes “virtually invisible to predators” has been discovered. The critter is described as a “master architect”, and makes an unusual white hole that ...

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest ... but Hercules is as big as the largest female spider of the same species handed into the park's funnel-web antivenom program.

Researchers discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in northern Australia with uniquely engineered burrows, enhancing ...

Australia has a fearsome reputation for venomous animals. But when it comes to spiders, there is only one species we need to be worried about, says the Medical Director of the NSW Poisons ...

Deep in outback Australia, a group of scientists has discovered a mysterious new type of spider. Only 12 species of Kwonkan spider have been officially described and little is known about why each ...

The new species was discovered and subsequently ... “This is part of a long-term research that aims to document the entire Australian spider fauna, which will be of extreme importance for ...

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 ...

Australia has many venomous animal and insect species. Knowing what to do and what to avoid when bitten by a snake or spider can help save a life. Here’s the expert advice on how to respond ...