Atrax christenseni, after noticing differences in spiders from the Newcastle area, marking a significant contribution to ...

They have named the 9-centimetre long species as Atrax christenseni, after spider enthusiast Kane Christensen's contributions ...

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

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 ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ is pictured at the Australian Museum in Sydney (Picture: Reuters) A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has ...

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

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

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

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

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