Spider crabs have the dual challenge of being delicious and needing to moult, and once a year, this spells trouble.

An Australian company has created a significant evolution of the construction industry in the form of Charlotte, a spider-like robot capable of building houses.

The extraordinary anti-predator strategy of two tiny, orb-weaving spider species has been uncovered by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Florida.

Chinese national Zhang Qiran, 22, pleaded guilty after 125 native spiders and insects were found in his luggage at Sydney ...

Sounds like those boys could do with a stick of dynamite up them, haw-haw!" Frederick Spofforth: "WG Grace is a CHEAT, d'you hear me!?!?!?" Continues until the sun becomes a red giant and engulfs the ...

Kit Prendergast discovered the bee while surveying a critically endangered wildflower and was drawn to the insect's unique ...

On October 11, 2025, in Brisbane, Australia, @itsbroookesmith shared a video capturing a tense but funny moment involving a spider. In the shows a spider perched on a glass door, startling the author.

Featured in this video is one of those rare instances where the huntsman becomes the hunted. Filmed by Gabi O’Sullivan, this engaging clip shows a scene that one could only witness in Australia. "So, ...

Australia's photographic natural database is about to get a big boost as citizen scientists are urged to join a national ...

An international student has been fined $35,000 after trying to smuggle 125 Aussie creepy crawlies out of the country.

SYDNEY: As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has another unsettling creature, a “lucifer” ...

As the government pushes public servants to use AI, this is the first time that FOI has been used to reveal how the government staff are already using the technology.