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

Groundbreaking research reveals the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, shedding new light on venom, ...

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

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 ustralian scientists officially confirmed the existence of a new venomous funnel-web spider species, named Big Boy (Atrax ...

Also dubbed “Big Boy,” the Newcastle funnel-web is new to science and is named after Kane Christensen, a former employee at the Australian Reptile Park who brought the spiders to the researchers’ ...

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

The newly named subspecies. Photo courtesy Kane Christensen.An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most ...

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