Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and Atrax christenseni. Led by a team from the Leibniz Institute ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating revelation about Australia’s iconic funnel-web spider. New research reveals that what was once thought to be one species, the Sydney funnel-web ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday, ...

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 ...

Biggest Funnel Web Spider Ever Found Is Named After The Hemsworth Brothers. A massive funnel web spider, the largest ever discovered, has been named ‘Hemsworth’ after the famous brothers. The ...

Biggest Funnel Web Spider Ever Found Is Named After The Hemsworth Brothers. A massive funnel web spider, the largest ever discovered, has been named ‘Hemsworth’ after the famous brothers.

In their research, detailed in a January 13 study published in the journal BMC Ecology and Evolution, the researchers suggest that the giant, fanged, and hairy Sydney funnel-web spider in ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...