Scientists from Australia and Germany have classified a new, highly venomous species of spider, Atrax christenseni, known as Big Boy. It is very large and highly venomous, with bites that can be ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders ... who first described it in the early 2000s and gave the spiders the nickname "big boys." These funnel-web spiders are the largest of the three ...

In January, Australian scientists announced the discovery of a bigger, more venomous species of the funnel-web spider. The new species, dubbed Big Boy, was first discovered in the early 2000s by ...