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

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

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been ...

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

Australian scientists officially confirmed the existence of a new venomous funnel-web spider species, named Big Boy (Atrax ...

which is found only near the city of Newcastle to Sydney's north, has been nicknamed "Big Boy" by spider enthusiasts. "Our research uncovered hidden diversity among funnel-web spiders," study co ...

Dr Helen Smith, an arachnologist (spider biologist) at the Australian Museum and one of the authors of the study suggested ...

longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in Australia. Nicknamed “Big Boy” and living just 100 miles north of Sydney, the Newcastle ...

The 'classic' Sydney funnel-web spider on the (left) and newly-identified Newcastle funnel-web variant 'Big Boy'. Picture: Kane Christensen In early January the Park received a spider named ...

robustus. Turns out it was indeed a different spider all along. Finally, to the north dwells an entirely newly discovered ...

A statement from the Sydney National Museum and Newcastle University said a new subspecies of deadly venomous spiders has been ...