To increase backyard insect biodiversity, it's time to rethink cutting back dead standing plants and other yard work. It will ...

The funnel-web spider is one of Australia's deadliest spiders, and the mating season for the arachnids is coming up.

Like other tarantulas, the new species is probably a “generalist” predator, feeding on insects or other spiders, and likely ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite ...