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

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

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 species, ...

Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...

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

One of the most common fears humans have is the fear of spiders. They can be scary, intimidating creatures but they all have ...

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

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

Scientists from Australia and Germany have classified a new, highly venomous species of spider, Atrax christenseni, known as ...

Recent science updates feature the discovery of a venomous funnel-web spider species in Australia, Loft Orbital's $170 ...

Now scientists in Australia have discovered a new funnel-web spider which is even bigger and more venomous. Kane Christensen is behind the discovery and says "its venom glands are a lot larger and its ...

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