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

Australia's reputation for venomous spiders comes partly from the deadly Sydney funnel-web. It turns out there is not just ...

Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species because there’s such a range in the size and anatomy of individual spiders. Now an international team of scientists ...

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

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

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

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

“The sheer size of the males ... there was thought to be just one species of Sydney funnel-web spider living in New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state. However, experts have now ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

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

This spider species was originally thought to be the same as the Sydney funnel-web ... christenseni is a superb and impressive funnel web. The sheer size of the males, compared to the males ...

The family of Australian funnel web spiders includes the Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus), a species with venom so toxic that it's made headlines worldwide. That said, thanks to modern ...