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

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

SYDNEY -- Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the ...

One of the most common fears humans have is the fear of spiders. They can be scary, intimidating creatures but they all have ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the ...

Atrax christenseni, after noticing differences in spiders from the Newcastle area, marking a significant contribution to ...

An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly ...

The dreaded Sydney funnel web spider from Australia is one of the most venomous spiders in the world. Researchers have now ...

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

Now scientists in Australia have discovered a new funnel-web spider which is even bigger and more venomous. Kane Christensen is behind the discovery and says "its venom glands are a lot larger and its ...