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

A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a ...

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.

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 ...

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

“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 ...

In research released Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute discovered there are three species of Sydney funnel-web spiders instead of one.

One of these, called “Big Boy” for its unusually large size, is new to science. “You would think we would’ve had the Sydney funnel-web spider’s diversity and evolution figured out ...

This particular spider has evaded easy categorization ... raised questions for researchers. Why did the Sydney funnel-web vary so widely in size and lethality? Nearly 150 years after the species ...

The spider’s sheer size means it could pose an even greater danger to humans than the classic Sydney funnel-web. Current antivenom can treat its fatal bite, but scientists are keen to pinpoint ...

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 ...