Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...

"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer," Christensen said, noting its distinct features compared to the true Sydney funnel-web, Atrax ...

Recently a new species of spider was discovered in Australia. This new funnel webbed species is nicknamed 'Big Boy' because ...

Community members are rallying behind a Choctaw pet rescue that went up in flames on Tuesday morning. The fire that broke out at Fur Ever Friends Rescue claimed the lives of a dozen dogs and destroyed ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed.

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 105 ...

(Kane Christensen) Led by arachnologist Stephanie Loria of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany, a team of researchers decided to get to the bottom of this ...

The species, named in honor of Newcastle spider enthusiast Kane Christensen, is the largest of three newly identified species of funnel-web spiders. The discovery was made by researchers from the ...

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

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm ...