“Spiders are most commonly found in the home when the external temperatures drop and there is a lack of insects for them to feed on," explains John Stewart, an expert from the technical team at ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has ...

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 ...

external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs. Japanese spider crabs live on the Pacific side of Japan as far south as Taiwan and at ...