Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and ...

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

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying ...

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

There are dozens of funnel-web species in Australia, but the most venomous of the bunch is the Sydney funnel-web (Atrax ...

Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname of "Big Boy." Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up to nearly 2 inches. "Our research ...

"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer," Christensen said, ...

The “classic” Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, is found from the Central Coast to the Sydney Basin; the Southern Sydney funnel-web, Atrax montanus, is common in the Blue Mountains south and ...

The new species, named Atrax christenseni, was confirmed after Christensen, who has worked with deadly spiders at the Australian Reptile Park for two decades, noticed significant differences in ...

Groundbreaking research reveals the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, shedding new light on venom, conservation, and the natural world.