The newly named subspecies. Photo courtesy Kane Christensen.An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 105 ...

Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its ...

There are several genera of funnel web spiders, but the most common ones in Australia are Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra.

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

Scientists from Australia and Germany have classified a new, highly venomous species of spider, Atrax christenseni, known as ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a spider that they've unironically nicknamed "Big Boy." This arachnid is a larger, more venomous version of the Sydney funnel web, known to be one of the ...

A new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered in Newcastle, Australia - even larger and more venomous than common ...

Kids who need their diaper changed at daycare? Parents are going to have to come do it themselves for kids who aren't toilet trained but should be. That's a new mandate in some parts of Great Britain.