The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

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 species, ...

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 ...

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