Australians urged to catch deadly funnel-web spiders for antivenom production (Picture credit: Australian Reptile Park) The Guardian quoted Emma Teni, a spider keeper at ARP, where she explained ...
A tourist was arrested at an airport in Lima after trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas, centipedes and ants out of Peru, officials said. Photo from Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife ...
All 13 recorded deaths—and many serious bites—from funnel-web spiders were caused by the Sydney funnel-web spider. So why would the Australian Reptile Park need donations of this deadly arachnid?
As summer approaches in Australia, residents are being warned to be on the lookout for one of the country's deadliest species of spider during mating season. The heads up is not simply to avoid ...
Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous ... public's help to catch and collect deadly funnel-web spiders to save ...
New tarantula species found in Cuba’s Viñales National Park. Credit: David Ortiz Researchers have found a new species of tarantula in western Cuba. Named Trichopelma grande, it is the biggest and ...