Performing genetic analysis of the spiders, they found that what we had ... (Ákos Lumnitzer) Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite ...

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one of the world’s deadliest spiders – and found there were three ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in Australia. Nicknamed “Big Boy” and living just 100 miles north of ...

Newcastle, Australia - A massive new subspecies of Australia's famous funnel-web spider, the deadliest in the world ... antivenom for Sydney funnel-web spiders might be optimized by considering ...

Here’s how it works. One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest.

In research released Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute discovered there are three species of Sydney funnel-web spiders instead of one.

One of the world's deadliest spiders has a larger and more venomous cousin, scientists have found, and it could soon be coming to a bedroom or garage near you. Scientists have now discovered their ...

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