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

Scientists from Australia and Germany have classified a new, highly venomous species of spider, Atrax christenseni, known as ...

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

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

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists.

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

An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s deadliest.

“Big boy” funnel-web was initially discovered in the early 2000s, but has now been officially confirmed by Australian ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in ...

Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...

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