Queensland researchers have developed a revolutionary drug called IB409, made using funnel web spider venom, that works by ...

Venom from the deadly funnel-web spider could soon be the key to preventing damage from heart attacks and strokes, as a ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider delivers venom that attacks the nervous system within minutes, though its toxins are now helping ...

While the funnel-web spider is best known for its potent venom, the experts say its chemistry could soon play an unexpected role in saving lives. And with cardiovascular disease remaining one of the ...

Professor Glenn King from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience said his team had published “exceptionally promising” ...

A potential breakthrough treatment derived from the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has taken a major step ...

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

Professor Nathan Palpant, Professor Mark Smythe and Professor Glenn King.(Photo credit: The University of Queensland. ) A ...

Venom from a spider found on K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, has been used to develop a drug that prevents damage ...

The experimental treatment, called IB409, aims to protect the heart and brain during heart attacks and strokes by preventing ...