Deep within the rainforests of Panama lives a mysterious funnel web spider so secretive it had never been filmed in the wild until now. Closely related to the infamous Australian funnel web ...

Finding a spider in a pair of shoes, a laundry basket, or in a closet is never a pleasant experience. As Australia is famous for its diverse creatures and its frightening spiders, people that live in ...

Deep in the rainforests of Panama, we set out to track down a newly described species of funnel web spider that may be hiding a dangerous secret. Closely related to Australia’s infamous funnel web ...

Scientists in Australia studying the venom of funnel-web spiders found a compound that hijacks the nervous system, preventing a key signal from transmitting to cells. They found that this compound can ...