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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...

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

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in ...