Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the eastern brown snake, these creatures are just a sampling of the critters ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different species ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...