Certain types of funnel-web spiders (Hadronyche spp., Atrax spp. and Illawarra spp.) are notorious for their strong venom ...

Spiders found spinning soundproof webs to adapt to city life - Funnel-weaving spiders may be using webs to soundproof against ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States found that some spiders are also using webs to filter ...

Discover how spiders adapt their webs to urban noise pollution, shedding light on the impact of human activity on wildlife.

In Australia, residents are urged to capture funnel-web spiders, despite their deadly reputation. These spiders' venom is ...

This week's question: Researchers have discovered that funnel-web spiders from busy urban areas can weave soundproof webs, allowing them to eat their prey in peace. If a company were to ...

This more densely woven section looks a bit like a funnel. From dusk onwards, it hangs upside down on its untidy web, which it usually builds at high level. This non-native spider prefers south facing ...

British spider webs can be grouped into seven broad types based on their architecture: orb, sheet, tangle, funnel, lace, radial and purse. But even within each group, different species put their own ...

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 ...