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 ...

Venomous funnel-web spiders are typically only found in Australia, but another species that builds similar-looking webs can ...

Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and Atrax christenseni. Led by a team from the Leibniz Institute, the ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s deadliest.Nicknamed ‘Big Boy’, the species was originally found by Kane ...

Thanks to science, the deadliest spider in the world revealed a long-held secret that could have implications for those who come into contact with it.

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname “Big Boy” and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170km north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider enthusiast and ...

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 ...

Photo of the Sydney funnel-web spider found in a swimming pool. The spider was roughly 3 inches long. Dan Smith/Facebook. The encounter took place on March 25, just days after Smith found a ...

Researchers found the species in Eidsvold and Monto, a pair of cities about 700 miles north of Sydney. Land clearing operations in central Queensland have negatively affected the spider’s ...

New species of funnel-web spider found in Newcastle has been dubbed ‘Big Boy ... The “classic” Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, ...

Researchers found the species in Eidsvold and Monto, a pair of cities about 700 miles north of Sydney. Land clearing operations in central Queensland have negatively affected the spider’s ...