Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with ...

Andrade: Once I got to Australia, the first task was to ... Also, like most male spiders, when a male redback becomes mature, just before he goes off to search for females, he actually stops ...

"So we need to have excluding factors, while maintaining an enticing entrance for the male spider." Redback spiders are native to Australia but made their way to New Zealand in the 1980s.

“We're lucky actually in Australia, there's really only one spider we're particularly worried about and that's the funnel-web. Although there's a lot of talk about redback spiders being ...

All other spiders in Australia are generally considered to be low or non-toxic.” Research has disproved previous concerns about redback spider bites. Although they contain venom, effects take ...