All 13 recorded deaths—and many serious bites—from funnel-web spiders were caused by the Sydney funnel-web spider. So why would the Australian Reptile Park need donations of this deadly arachnid?

But researchers have taken a closer look at this spider and discovered something unexpected: it isn’t a single species at all. This male ... which researchers at the Australian Reptile Park ...

A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a ...

“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 ...

Intrigued, researchers collected funnel-web spiders from the Sydney region and compared them with specimens held in the Australian Museum ... to be effective across all the species, the new ...

Known for their fast-acting venom, funnel web spiders are both fascinating and intimidating. The family of Australian funnel web spiders includes the Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus), a ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has ...

However, upon closer inspection, they soon realized it was a male.According to the Australian Museum, the average length of a funnel-web spider’s body is 1 to 5 centimeters, with male spiders ...