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

It provides genetic and culture evidence that bacteria not only live in the venoms of several species of spiders and snakes, but are actively adapting to the venom gland environment ... animals’ ...

"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer," Christensen said, noting its distinct features compared to the true Sydney funnel-web, Atrax ...

‘This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot larger and its fangs are a lot longer,’ said spider expert Kane Christensen, the former head of spiders at the Australian ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives ... Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up ...

This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a super-Earth potentially capable of sustaining life, occupying an eccentric orbit around its star that oscillates in and out of the habitable zone.

Why have a few spiders lost their venom glands—but most have not? The team came across an interesting mutation in the so-called Hox genes, which are responsible for the categorization of body parts.

"This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot larger and its fangs are a lot longer," he said. In research released on Monday, scientists from the Australian Museum ...

Now scientists in Australia have discovered a new funnel-web spider which is even bigger and more venomous. Kane Christensen is behind the discovery and says "its venom glands are a lot larger and ...

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered ... the Newcastle funnel-web’s venom glands were bigger and its fangs were a lot ...