Australia’s best-known funnel-web spider turned out to be more than one species. Genetic and anatomical analysis separated a ...

Australia, famously, is home to some of the most formidable wildlife on Earth, and its arachnid population is particularly legendary. From the huntsman to the orb-weaver, there are some extraordinary ...

Brown huntsman spiders live in eastern Australia. Eviatar Bach via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 Arachnophobes, beware: You don’t want the brown huntsman spider coming at you. The creepy-crawly ...

Is it just us or are they absolutely everywhere?!

Australia's brown huntsman spiders are the fastest, according to a study, yet to be peer-reviewed, of 258 species. According to the study, huntsman spiders can move at 3.59 metres per second. Anyone ...