No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Emergency services responded to a snake bite report on Obrien Road in Highfields north of Toowoomba at 9.36pm. Queensland Ambulance Service said the ...

The current antivenom is already effective against a wide variety of funnel-web spider bites, including the newly discovered "Big Boy." Only male Sydney funnel-web spiders have venom that can kill ...

Of the staggering 43,000 venomous spider species worldwide, the Sydney funnel-web stands out for its lethal bite. What makes this Australian species the deadliest in the world is its swift ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ is pictured at the Australian Museum in Sydney (Picture: Reuters) A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big ...

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"This particular spider is a lot larger ... but luckily the same anti-venom is effective on bites from the new species. Mr Christensen first discovered 'big boy' in the early 2000s, near Newcastle ...

The finding will not change how funnel-web spider bites are treated as the antivenom is effective across all species. Researchers have confirmed what they have suspected for the past two decades ...

A larger and deadlier species of funnel-web spider - dubbed the 'Big Boy' - has been discovered by experts. The new species of the most venomous spider in the world was discovered by Australian ...

According to Honolulu EMS, the call came in around 1:40 p.m. when it was reported that a 23-year-old male suffered an apparent shark bite to his arm. Paramedics administered advanced life support ...

Almost 100 people were hospitalised with suspected spider bites last year, official NHS data show, which is four times as many as a decade ago and twice as many as two years ago. The vast majority ...

The Australian Reptile Park will soon milk Hemsworth's fangs so his venom can become a lifesaving cure for funnel-web spider bites ...