Researchers have discovered that one of Australia’s largest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, and ...

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 ...

The Newcastle funnel-web (Atrax christenseni), whose males are the largest of the three species, is found only in a small area surrounding Newcastle. Also dubbed “Big Boy,” the Newcastle funnel-web is ...

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

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney ... a spider enthusiast and former head of spiders at the Australian Reptile Park.

13, 2025. The new funnel web species has earned the nickname of 'Big Boy' and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 km (105 miles) north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider ...