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

A man in the Australian state of Victoria wanted to catch a giant crab spider with a glass food jar. But the hunt went ...

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

“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 ...

Australian scientists have discovered a larger and more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the deadliest arachnids in the world. Under Nickname BIG BOY this new species was first ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a ‘giant’ species of Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s deadliest. Nicknamed ‘Big Boy’, the species was originally found by Kane ...

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.

Australia has once again taken center stage with the discovery of the largest male specimen of the world’s most venomous spider. This remarkable find not only adds to the wealth of scientific ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth ...