Funnel web spiders are a group of spiders that belong to the Dipluridae family in the order Araneida. They get this name from the shape of the web that they weave. Since there are several varieties of ...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new species of spider—and it instantly became the most venomous story in the world. The Sydney funnel-web has held the title of most venomous creepy-crawly for ...

It feels like one of the first things anyone learns about Australia is that we have two of the most deadly spiders in the world: redbacks and funnel-webs. And funnel-webs have always been the scarier ...