The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

Australia's reputation for venomous spiders comes partly from the deadly Sydney funnel-web. It turns out there is not just ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's ...

The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying ...

Australian scientists have newly classified a bigger species of the Sydney funnel web spider, one of the world's deadliest, ...

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists.

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

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

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

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

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