Australia's reputation for venomous spiders comes partly from the deadly Sydney funnel-web. It turns out there is not just one species, there are three.

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

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

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

Christensen said: There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra. They vary in size and color, usually black or brown ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider ... The more common Sydney funnel-webs can grow up to 5 cm.

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

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 ...

The breakup of Gondwana had a widespread drying effect on most of the Australian landscape, but not here ... These are the homes of the Porongurup trapdoor (Cataxia sp.), a shy brown spider that grows ...

Intrigued, researchers collected funnel-web spiders from the Sydney region and compared them with specimens held in the Australian Museum ... thing that’s quite common,” Loria said.

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni, at the Australian Museum, in Sydney ...