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

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

It is something researchers have suspected for 20 years. Now they know for sure the Newcastle funnel-web is bigger, scarier, ...

Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders - New species of funnel-web spider ...

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

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in ...

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

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s deadliest.

An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the ...

Researchers have confirmed Sydney's funnel-web spiders are made up of three different species. The largest and most venomous type is known as the Newcastle funnel-web. The finding will not change ...