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

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

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions ...

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

Biggest Funnel Web Spider Ever Found Is Named After The Hemsworth Brothers. A massive funnel web spider, the largest ever discovered, has been named ‘Hemsworth’ after the famous brothers. The ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the ...

In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a new home at the Australian ...

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

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

The Australian Reptile Park's spider keeper says she named the spider Hemsworth because the arachnid towers over other ...

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