Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with ...

it's five times bigger than its average current-day relative. Dr. McCurry noted that the find is significant because only ...

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the public foe the Australian Reptile Park A spider named after a mythological hero recently set a ...

55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders have been identified, expanding the family of burrow-making spiders such as tarantulas and funnel webs. Source: Queensland Museum The research spanned ...

showing an average of two deaths per annum ... Credit: Getty Images/Andrew Balcombe / EyeEm While most spider bites in Australia cause minimal harm, it is important to know what to do in ...