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

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

Atrax christenseni, after noticing differences in spiders from the Newcastle area, marking a significant contribution to ...

It is something researchers have suspected for 20 years. Now they know for sure the Newcastle funnel-web is bigger, scarier, ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions ...

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