While the current antivenom seems to be effective across ... Banner image of Newcastle funnel-web spider, courtesy of Kane ...

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

The Australian Reptile Park is the sole supplier of funnel-web spider venom for the production of lifesaving antivenom and ...

A massive funnel web spider with fangs so long they could bite through a human fingernail has been donated to a lifesaving antivenom program at the Australian Reptile Park.

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 ...