The world's most venomous arachnid species, the Sydney funnel-web spider, has recently made headlines with the discovery of the largest-ever male specimen, named "Hercules." Measuring a whopping 7 ...

Measuring 7.9 cm (3.11 inches), the arachnid named Hercules is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever handed to the Australian Reptile Park, officials with the interactive zoo based in Somersby ...

World-first Australian research is using funnel-web spider venom to protect the heart during heart attacks. The University of Queensland researchers have been granted $17m of federal government ...

1. The Sydney Funnel-Web Spider, Quite Possibly The Deadliest Spider In The World The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is arguably the most dangerous spider in the world, owing to its ...

A collaborator asked him to analyze a toxin found in the venom of Australia’s deadly funnel-web spider. The work led to clues about the toxin’s function, a paper in Nature Structural and ...

The national research project is being run in collaboration with Australian bioscience company Infensa, the Latin word for funnel-web spider. Infensa’s role will be to take the drug to market.

Researchers from the University of Queensland developed a breakthrough drug inspired by funnel-web funnel-web spider venom for heart attack patients. Added10 days ago Two people escape from ...

A medium-sized spider, usually brown and frequently having yellowish markings on the abdomen. Three related species live in Britain, living in tubular retreats within holes in walls, bark, etc. Their ...

Funnel-webs have the Hi1a peptide as protection from predators, but in humans, the peptide stops heart and brain cells from dying. In this research the spider peptide is synthesised in a lab.

Funnel-webs have the Hi1a peptide as protection from predators, but in humans, the peptide stops heart and brain cells from dying. In this research the spider peptide is synthesised in a lab.