“Current antivenom successfully treats all funnel-web bites,” Dr Smith says. “It’s not only effective against Sydney species, it’s effective against all other funnel-webs and even against mouse ...

Let's talk about the funnel web spider, one of the most notorious arachnids in the world. Known for their fast-acting venom, ...

“Current antivenom successfully treats all funnel-web bites,” Dr Smith says. “It’s not only effective against Sydney species, it’s effective against all other funnel-webs and even against mouse ...

In research released Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum, Flinders University and Germany's Leibniz Institute discovered there are three species of Sydney funnel-web spiders instead of one.

Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and Atrax christenseni. Led by a team from the Leibniz Institute ...

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one of the world’s deadliest spiders – and found there were three ...

Last week, a record-breaking Newcastle funnel-web spider was caught in the wild and presented to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. It was named Hemsworth after Chris Hemsworth, the ...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new species of spider—and it instantly became the most venomous story in the world. The Sydney funnel-web has held the title of most venomous creepy ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ is pictured at the Australian Museum in Sydney (Picture: Reuters) A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big ...

They are sometimes confused with mouse spiders, which are also (mostly) shiny black spiders with large fangs, but mouse spiders lack the distinctive funnel-shaped web. Australian funnel web spiders, ...