SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named ...

The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.

Spiders such as this Argiope bruennichi sometimes adorn webs with zigzagging stabilimenta. Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only ...

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 ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth in ...