The sheet type of spider web works in two ways. Sometimes the insects get caught up in the threads and are trapped until they are eaten. At other times, the sheet is used as a base from which the ...

The sheet type of spider web works in two ways. Sometimes the insects get caught up in the threads and are trapped until they are eaten. At other times, the sheet is used as a base from which the ...

Let’s dive into the story around the biggest spider web ever found and what spider responsible for this incredible construction – the Darwin’s Bark Spider ...

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 ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth ...

Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 inches) for the more common Sydney funnel-web. "This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot ...

Funnel-web spiders, which are mostly found in Australia, differ from other spiders with funnel-shaped webs. The most notorious is Atrax robustus, which is commonly known as the Sydney funnel-web ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.