Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of an antivenom in 1981, despite the 30 to 40 recorded funnel-web bites every ...

As decades passed, many of the original spiders died, but Number 16 survived. She was a female spider (females tend to outlive males in the spider kingdom) and she stayed in her same burrow for ...

Call emergency medical services immediately if the person with the spider bite has the following symptoms: 6. Monitor the ...

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 ...

After all, the idea that even good people can make mistakes, but those mistakes can drive them to be better, is a really compelling concept, especially for a superhero. Untangling Ben’s death from ...

A baby spider monkey discovered by the California Highway Patrol during a DUI stop near Madera earlier this month has a new, if temporary, home. And a name. “Azules is bright, alert and active ...

Performing genetic analysis of the spiders, they found that what we had ... no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of an antivenom in 1981, despite the 30 to ...