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

Not everybody would be thrilled about having a newly discovered, plus-size species of deadly spider named after them—but not ...

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

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

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 ...

There are more than 43,000 species of spider in the world and one of them "can kill a toddler in five minutes".

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

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

Australian scientists have newly classified a bigger species of the Sydney funnel web spider, one of the world's deadliest, ...

The newly named subspecies. Photo courtesy Kane Christensen.An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most ...

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