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.

Australian scientists officially confirmed the existence of a new venomous funnel-web spider species, named Big Boy (Atrax christenseni), discovered near Newcastle, 170 kilometers north of Sydney. The ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

The Newcastle funnel-web spider, Atrax christenseni, the most venomous spider in the world. This spider species was originally thought to be the same as the Sydney funnel-web, Atrax robustus.

The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying distinct regions.

robustus. Turns out it was indeed a different spider all along. Finally, to the north dwells an entirely newly discovered species, the Newcastle funnel-web (Atrax christenseni). And these are the ...

Last week, a record-breaking Newcastle funnel-web spider was caught in the wild and presented to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. It was named Hemsworth after Chris Hemsworth, the ...