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

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

There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra.

A bigger and more dangerous version of the world's deadliest spider has been discovered by boffins in Australia. The ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 ...

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

SYDNEY: Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one ...

Now scientists in Australia have discovered a new funnel-web spider which is even bigger and more venomous. Kane Christensen is behind the discovery and says "its venom glands are a lot larger and its ...

The first person to discover the Aussie spider, Kane Christensen, has warned people not to approach it, citing its massive ...

A new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered in Newcastle, Australia - even larger and more venomous than common ...