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

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

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

"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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...