55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders have been identified, expanding the family of burrow-making spiders such as tarantulas and funnel webs. Source: Queensland Museum The research spanned ...

Redback spiders are native to Australia but made their way to New ... The Aussie invaders prey on the Cromwell chafer beetle, a 'nationally critical' species found in a single reserve near ...

The Australian funnel-web spider is the largest known male of its kind collected by a member of the public foe the Australian Reptile Park A spider named after a mythological hero recently set a ...