While the quickest recorded death from a Sydney funnel-web spider was a toddler at 13 minutes, the average is closer to 76 ...

One hundred and two venomous snakes were removed from the backyard of a home in Sydney, Australia, where several adult redbellies seemingly gave birth to 97 newborns, an animal rescue service said.

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom ... Here’s how it works. One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover ...

Australia is famous for its deadly creatures, including a wide variety of sharks, snakes and two of the world’s most poisonous spiders. In October, a solo hiker was found alive after suffering a ...

Spiders represent just one small part of what the Australian Reptile Park does ... "To get bitten by a venomous snake, you've got to really annoy it, provoke it," he adds, noting that bites ...