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.
Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one ...
"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.
A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the ...
SYDNEY -- Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the ...
An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly ...
Atrax christenseni, after noticing differences in spiders from the Newcastle area, marking a significant contribution to ...