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

A massive funnel web spider, the largest ever discovered, has been named ‘Hemsworth’ after the famous brothers. The Australian Reptile Park received the spider for its antivenom program during peak ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different species ...

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

Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its ...

There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra.

Scientists in Australia have discovered a spider that they've unironically nicknamed "Big Boy." This arachnid is a larger, ...

A new species of funnel-web spider, nearly twice the size of its closest cousin and capable of delivering "copious amounts of ...

A ustralia might be home to a large proportion of the world’s deadliest animals but it's about to have three more. The iconic Sydney funnel-web spider, with one of the world’s deadliest bites, has ...