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

By Shreya Dasgupta The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most ...

Not everybody would be thrilled about having a newly discovered, plus-size species of deadly spider named after them—but not ...

Yesterday, we were talking about the way we use hats to project an image. Today, as the Sun's link to Jupiter brings a boost of optimism and confidence, the story of John Hetherington, the first ...

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