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

The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) was first described in 1877 from a single specimen found in “New Holland,” the first name for mainland Australia.They are black, with a glossy ...

Sydney funnel-web spiders (Atrax robustus) are a shiny black color and can grow up to 1.5 inches long. They are also some of the most venomous spiders to humans.

The "real" Sydney funnel-web spider (the creature originally described in 1877 as Atrax robustus) is found throughout the city and suburbs of Sydney.A second related species is Atrax montanus ...

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 ...

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.But the spider ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australian Reptile Park. 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 ...

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 ...