While you might assume this giant spider is a domestic insect pest, most huntsman species are helpful to humans, eating those pesky cockroaches and mosquitoes that destroy plants and carry disease.

While you might assume this giant spider is a domestic insect pest, most huntsman species are helpful to humans, eating those pesky cockroaches and mosquitoes that destroy plants and carry disease.

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central Coast, and the ...

Well, this spider (sometimes misnamed the Goliath bird-eating spider) is huge, but it doesn't eat birds often enough to warrant the name. That said, at least half of the Goliath birdeater's name is ...

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

Well, this spider (sometimes misnamed the Goliath bird-eating spider ... but their venom is mild to humans, making them more of a gentle giant in the spider realm. In Brazil you also may find ...