Of the close to 40 species of funnel-webs, only Hercules’ species, the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus), has been linked to human fatalities.And while only between 10 and 15 percent of ...

Male funnel-web spiders are on the hunt for mates, with experts saying they are bound to pop up in homes and gardens across Greater Sydney.  Funnel-web spiders are known to hide in cool and ...

There are over 45,000 species of ... Here are three spiders, each of which can be considered “extreme,” based on their deadliness, size or weight. 1. The Sydney Funnel-Web Spider, Quite ...

The Australian Reptile Park is urging Sydney residents to help collect deadly funnel-web spiders during their breeding season. The venom is crucial for producing life-saving antivenom, with each ...

(CNN) — If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel-web ... the spider and her eggs in a secure container so they can be used to make life-saving antivenom. Funnel-webs, whose most dangerous species ...

Trigger warning - spider footage and information! Few creatures on Australia’s east coast post as great a risk to gardeners as Sydney’s funnel-web spider ... move on the hunt for females ...

On his coffee table in Engadine, New South Wales, Australia, there are several transparent containers in which Sydney funnel-web spiders sit on peat moss. From this angle, the animals don’t seem ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney ... shared on social media that it needs the venomous spiders — considered one of the most dangerous species in Australia, per CNN — and their ...

A reptile park in New South Wales is urging the public to capture a species of deadly spider if they come across them. The funnel-web spider can ... For those on the hunt for the spiders, they ...