Venomous funnel-web spiders are typically only found in Australia, but another species that builds similar-looking webs can ...

Researchers have discovered that one of Australia's largest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, and one of them is bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

However, the authors of the study discovered that Atrax montanus does exist. They also described a third, and the largest, related funnel-web spider species: Atrax christenseni.

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 ...

The formidable fangs of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) are certainly intimidating, but it’s this spider’s venom that you really need to watch out for. According to National ...

We demonstrate that δ-HXTX-Ar1a, the lethal toxin from the Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus, induces pain in mice by inhibiting inactivation of voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels involved ...

Sydney funnel-webs (Atrax robustus) are ground-dwelling spiders with highly venomous bites that, before the development of an anti-venom, posed a serious medical risk to humans.

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city, was long thought to be a single species. But it’s actually three different ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy ...

First, the good news: Since the antivenin for the Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, was introduced in 1981, there have been no recorded deaths from that type of arachnid, which is ...

Sydneysiders are likely well aware of the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus), but there are actually around 40 species of funnel-web spiders spread up and down the east coast of ...