If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all ...

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Of these, perhaps the most dangerous are the Australian funnel-web spiders—especially the Sydney funnel-web spider, not because it is more venomous than other members of its family but because ...

One of the things Australia is known for is its animals, predominantly, the deadly kind. While there are deadly animals in ...

Writers flocked to Tangier following the Second World War, when it was capital of the evocatively named International Zone. Bowles was at the centre of an eclectic literary cast that included William ...

Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.

With eight very long legs, the ability to dart like lightning, and the name "hunts man", it's no wonder this iconic Australian arachnid is as feared ...

A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch ...

“But to have this many venomous snakes, no one’s come across it." Scott Eipper, who has written several books about Australian snakes and dangerous wildlife, said gravid red-belly blacks might ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...