Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders New species of funnel-web spider found in Newcastle has been dubbed ‘Big Boy’ ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the deadliest arachnids in the world.

When the Australian Reptile Park announced Hemsworth to the world, they had no idea that the funnel-web spider was anything more than the normal funnel-webs collected in Newcastle.

Australia might be home to a large proportion of the world’s deadliest animals but it's about to have three more. The iconic Sydney funnel-web spider, with one of the world’s deadliest bites ...

A Newcastle mum who has a fear of spiders booked an Uber and asked the driver to get rid of it because she was so terrified.

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different ...

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

Top 20 giant spiders snapped in Newcastle & North East homes - and a few more besides Spider season is here, so we asked for your photos and videos.

When a Newcastle, Australia, resident discovered a strange sac in their garden, they had no idea it would contain hundreds of the country's most venomous spiders. The unusual-looking object was ...

It’s bad news for arachnophobes but great news for a dedicated NSW spider wrangler: we are now home to a new funnel-web species.

One of Britain's rarest spiders has been discovered in Newcastle. The beautiful and harmless Gnaphosa Nigerrima had previously only even been spotted in Cheshire, but this weekend ecologist Josh ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...