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.

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

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

Let's talk about the funnel web spider, one of the most notorious arachnids in the world. Known for their fast-acting venom, ...

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni – ‘Big Boy’ – is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney funnel-web, Atrax ...

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 larger, more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders, the Sydney ...

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

There are a staggering 43,000 species of spiders, and among them, the Sydney funnel-web is considered the most dangerous - ...