Dubbed Whitsunday hinterland pelican spiders, these creatures are a “bizarre group” of predators found in Australia, according to a new study.. Over the past year, Australian researchers ...

Over the past year, Australian researchers visited Conway National Park in Whitsunday, Queensland, several times to survey local wildlife and search for pelican spiders, also known as Austrarchaea.

Scientists found animal with “spear-like” appendages in park and discovered new species: Whitsunday hinterland pelican spider, study said.

Researchers visited a park in Whitsunday, Queensland, several times between 2023 and 2024 to survey local wildlife, according to a May 14 study in the peer-reviewed Australian Journal of Taxonomy.

Scientists found animal with “spear-like” appendages in park and discovered new species: Whitsunday hinterland pelican spider, study said.

Scientists found animal with “spear-like” appendages in park and discovered new species: Whitsunday hinterland pelican spider, study said.

Scientists found animal with “spear-like” appendages in park and discovered new species: Whitsunday hinterland pelican spider, study said.

Measuring at 9.2cm from foot to foot, ‘Hemsworth’ the male funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is the largest of its kind recorded by the Australian Reptile Park.

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.