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

"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.

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the ...

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

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

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one ...

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

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

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

“Big boy” funnel-web was initially discovered in the early 2000s, but has now been officially confirmed by Australian ...

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