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.

While almost all of the Sony Spider-verse movies disappointed at the box office, Tom Hardy's Venom stands out as a property ...

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

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

Dubbed "Big boy'" the impressive spider can grow up to 3.54 inches (9cm) compared with 1.97 inches (5cm) for the more common ...

There are more than 43,000 species of spider in the world and one of them "can kill a toddler in five minutes".

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists.

Since Spider-Man was brought into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, people have wanted to see Venom appear. Avengers: Doomsday ...

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 species ...

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