The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. “When I felt ...

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

The dark, glossy Sydney funnel-web spider was originally described in 1877 as Atrax robustus. The name stuck until more recently when staff at the Australian Reptile Park, which milks venom from the ...

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax ...

The new species of the most venomous spider in the world can grow up to 4.5cm long - almost double the size of a regular ...

The newly named subspecies. Photo courtesy Kane Christensen.An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most ...

Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra.

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 ...