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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

a spider biologist at the Australian Museum, said in the statement. The Newcastle funnel-web was found to be the most venomous of the three, making it the most venomous spider in the world.

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different species ...

They also, through some quirk of evolution, secrete a venom more deadly to humans than any other spider. There are dozens of ...