"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

Britons can identify the creepy ... It (the spider) was absolutely huge, definitely the biggest I have ever seen. I've got ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s deadliest. Nicknamed ‘Big Boy’, the species was originally found by Kane ...

named the giant spider "Hemsworth" after the Australian actors Luke, Chris and Liam Hemsworth. Before Hemsworth, the record for the biggest male funnel-web spider belonged to a 3.1-inch (7.9 cm) ...

The spider is so large, its fangs could pierce and deliver their lethal venom through a human fingernail, zoo keepers said. A member of the public caught and donated the giant arachnid to the ...

The huge spider has dubbed “big boy” and are said to release “copious amounts of venom". The male species is most poisonous. Funnel-web spiders are renowned for their toxicity - and many are ...

Most of these eight-legged creepy-crawlies ... than that of the giant huntsman spider, its sheer mass makes it the heavyweight champion of the spider world. This big guy can weigh in at 6 ounces ...

THOUSANDS of giant fish-eating spiders the size ... and we released them in their hundreds!" But, if spider fearing Brits wish to keep the creepy crawlers out of their homes this winter - here ...

One of the biggest ‘mega spider’ fossil ever found has just been discovered in Australia. This colossal arachnid was five ...

Chester Zoo said the Fen Raft spider grew "to be the size of your hand" Thousands of "giant spiders" which were released into the wild by a zoo are thriving in the wild and have had a record ...