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 ...

with each one containing up to 150 baby spiders. 'Funnel-web breeding season is here and all the rain this year has brought about humid conditions where funnel-web spiders thrive,' Australian ...

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 ...

Researchers sourced a molecule from Funnel Web spider venom which is showing promise to treat heart attacks. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

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 ...

The complex mating rituals of the Sydney funnel-web spider have now been described in detail for the first time, with sexual routines including leg and body vibrations and female lifting filling a ...

Here are three spiders, each of which can be considered “extreme,” based on their deadliness, size or weight. 1. The Sydney Funnel-Web Spider, Quite Possibly The Deadliest Spider In The World ...

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It’s one of the world’s deadliest spiders, but now researchers expect the funnel-web could save “thousands of lives” after uncovering the untapped power of its venom. In a world-first ...

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crawliest mission yet as they head into the Lamington National Park rainforest in South-East Queensland to track down one of the world's deadliest spiders, a northern tree-dwelling funnel web ...

Season: all year round. Usually found outdoors on walls, fencing and clutter around the garden, but most common in homes in autumn when males leave their webs to search for female spiders. Also common ...