In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...

The researchers found that funnel-weaving spiders alter how their silk webs transmit vibrations in response to local noise.

Here are some spiders that can be deadly towards humans or can cause certain level of harm from which you should be stay away.

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise ...

A shortage of Sydney funnel-web spiders this year could have deadly consequences as the species becomes more active going into autumn, experts say. Humidity and rainfall forecast for the Greater ...

A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba.

As Europe’s biggest ever spider arrives in the UK in a batch of olives from Cordoba in southern Spain, we take a look at the UK’s largest spiders and the story of a man who ended up in hospital after ...

Millions of Australians are being warned to look out for the world's most venomous spider as wet weather season begins. Funnel-web spiders are a regular cause for concern in NSW, but the ...

Sydneysiders can expect are surge in funnel-web spiders this autumn. Picture: Supplied Australian Reptile Park seeking funnel web spider donations. Picture: Supplied Spider keeper Emma Teni said ...

Professor Glenn King with a live female funnel web spider in this lab at the University of Queensland. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian Discovered in 2016, the molecule in the venom of ...

The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a “very slow” funnel-web season so far but a spike in the numbers of the highly venomous spiders is expected in the coming months.