with experts warning that it could "kill a toddler in five minutes". Of the staggering 43,000 venomous spider species worldwide, the Sydney funnel-web stands out for its lethal bite. What makes ...

Scientists have discovered that the venom of the world’s deadliest spider will kill of pests but won't harm bees. They combined poison from the Australian funnel web spider - whose venom is ...

They also, through some quirk of evolution, secrete a venom more deadly to humans than any other spider. There are dozens of funnel-web species in Australia, but the most venomous of the bunch is ...