Newcastle funnel-web spider’s last shared common ancestor with the Sydney funnel-web was 17 million years ago, experts say Kane Christensen’s passion is an arachnophobe’s nightmare. For two decades, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Newcastle funnel-web spider has a body length of more than 9cm - Kane Christensen A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost every Australian is taught, from a very young age, to be cautious around the funnel-web spider. These large, black, ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

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 species ...

A bigger and more dangerous version of the world's deadliest spider has been discovered by boffins in Australia. The Newcastle funnel-web spider was named after the port city, 100 miles north of ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating revelation about Australia’s iconic funnel-web spider. New research reveals that what was once thought to be one species, the Sydney funnel-web, is actually ...

Australia is known for its deadly creatures of unusual size. From the saltwater crocodile to the box jellyfish and even the eastern brown snake, these creatures are just a sampling of the critters ...

Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and Atrax christenseni. Led by a team from the Leibniz Institute, the ...