Dr Tim Flannery, a mammologist and bush wildlife expert from the Australian Museum, thinks the testiness of our creatures has ...

Here are some direct links to help you navigate through the article. "The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) has earned a reputation as the country's most feared snake because it sports the ...

Deep within the rainforests of Panama lives a mysterious funnel web spider so secretive it had never been filmed in the wild ...

ABU DHABI, 18th May, 2026 (WAM) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) has announced four research projects funded under the third cycle of its Research Grant Programme, as well as the ...

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) has announced four research projects funded under the third cycle of its ...

One of Australia’s most deadly arachnids whose bite can kill in minutes could soon be saving lives rather than taking them. Queensland researchers have developed a revolutionary drug called IB409, ...

Finding a spider in a pair of shoes, a laundry basket, or in a closet is never a pleasant experience. As Australia is famous for its diverse creatures and its frightening spiders, people that live in ...

Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the eastern brown snake, these creatures are just a sampling of the critters ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

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 species ...

They say good things come in threes—but is that true even for the most venomous spider in the world? Scientists in Germany and Australia have reclassified one of the world’s most infamous arachnids.