Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying ...

They also, through some quirk of evolution, secrete a venom more deadly to humans than any other spider. There are dozens of ...

"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer," Christensen said, ...

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

There are seven broad types of spider webs, and each is created in a unique way. In this article, we find out about their ...

The “classic” Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, is found from the Central Coast to the Sydney Basin; the Southern Sydney funnel-web, Atrax montanus, is common in the Blue Mountains south and ...

Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus) are glossy black in color and grow to 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long. The iconic arachnids are also among the most venomous spiders to humans.