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’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth ...

Here’s how it works. 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.

The Australian Reptile Park recently recorded its largest male funnel ... He's the biggest spider." Cover Images via AP Images Massive Huntsman Spider Eats a Possum in Front of Horrified Ski ...

According to the Australian Museum ... of up to 300 under the bark of dead trees. The giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) is the largest member of the family and native to Southeast Asia.