It could be that the spider’s venom alters the firefly’s bioluminescence somehow, or that when the spider wraps up its victim, it bites into and damages the lanterns. Dr. Rao thinks venom is ...

How do you treat a spider bite and what are the symptoms to look out for? - With temperatures rising, it’s important to know which spiders can cause problems ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

The right image shows the web’s cone shape with a spider at the tip. Reproduced with permission of The Company of Biologists. Han, S. I. and Blackledge, T. A. (2024).

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the ...