The species, named in honor of Newcastle spider enthusiast Kane Christensen, is the largest of three newly identified species of funnel-web spiders. The discovery was made by researchers from the ...

Atrax christenseni owes its name to Kane Christensen, a Central Coast spider enthusiast who first brought the Newcastle ...

Atrax christenseni was named for Kane Christensen, former head of spiders at the Australian Reptile Park, who first described ...

Dr. Smith suggested naming the newly identified species from Newcastle after Kane Christensen, a huge fan of spiders who brought the species to the team's attention. "Kane has been instrumental in ...

Also dubbed “Big Boy,” the Newcastle funnel-web is new to science and is named after Kane Christensen, a former employee at ...

The discovery was made by spider enthusiast Kane Christensen, whose contribution is honored in the Latin species name. Atrax christenseni reaches 4 inches, making it almost twice the size of the ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy ...