Quick Take Achieving survival after a Redback bite once required 1 specific intervention to prevent a fatal outcome. The ...

Female Australian redback spiders have unique ways of controlling who fathers their offspring, Canadian researchers say. Lindsay Snow and Dr Maydianne Andrade of the University of Toronto report that ...

SOME of Australia’s most dreaded creatures are about to come out for the summer. This is what you should know ahead of time. We’re especially warned to be on the lookout for potentially deadly redback ...

Caveat: I have no idea about spiders. Could be a female redback spider, if you're in Australia (pics of male). That would be bad news. The markings are similar but the whole thing looks shorter and ...