Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one ...

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax ...

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

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A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the ...

“We’re used to having pretty big funnel-web spiders donated to the park, but receiving a male funnel-web this big is like hitting the jackpot,” Teni said to Sky News Australia.Hemsworth’s ...

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...