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

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

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

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

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one ...

A statement from the Sydney National Museum and Newcastle University said a new subspecies of deadly venomous spiders has been ...

It’s bad news for arachnophobes but great news for a dedicated NSW spider wrangler: we are now home to a new funnel-web ...

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

Dr Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of the authors of the study suggested ...

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