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

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

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

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, ...

"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer," Christensen said, ...

The new species, named Atrax christenseni, was confirmed after Christensen, who has worked with deadly spiders at the Australian Reptile Park for two decades, noticed significant differences in ...

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central Coast, and the ...

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The Newcastle funnel-web spider, Atrax christenseni, the most venomous spider in the world. This spider species was originally thought to be the same as the Sydney funnel-web, Atrax robustus.

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 (1.97 ...