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

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been ...

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

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one of the world’s deadliest spiders – and found there were three species, ...

Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and ...

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

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed.

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’ ...

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

"Our research uncovered hidden diversity among funnel-web spiders," lead researcher Stephanie Loria said in a statement. "The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni — 'Big Boy' — is a ...