Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Spider keeper Jake Meney holding the "megaspider" that was donated to the Australian Reptile Park. Australian Reptile Park An Australian zoo recently acquired what they say is the largest funnel web ...

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 ...

Australian Reptile Park spider expert Rob Porter milks a male Sydney funnel-web spider to create antivenom in 2001. Sydney Morning Herald Picture by Andrew Taylor, Fairfax Media via Getty Images It’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, announced on Monday, July 28, that their only cheetah cub named Rozi had been ...

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ADELAIDE, Australia - Christmas came early for some adorable animals at a zoo in Australia. Video released by the South Australian Zoo (Zoos SA) captured several of their furry residents opening gifts ...