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

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

Australia's reputation for venomous spiders comes partly from the deadly Sydney funnel-web. It turns out there is not just ...

the spider spans 9.2 centimeters (about 3.6 inches) from foot to foot, according to the Australian Reptile Park. It surpasses the record set by the park’s previous biggest, Hercules, which ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and ... Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is one of at least 36 ... a 7.9-centimeter spider aptly named Hercules, who is bigger than a baseball and the largest male Sydney funnel-web ever ...

An Australian spider enthusiast, Kane Christensen, has been part of a groundbreaking discovery with the identification of a new species of funnel-web spider. The new species, named Atrax ...

Before Hemsworth, the record for the biggest male funnel-web spider belonged to a 3.1-inch (7.9 cm) arachnid called Hercules. "We're used to having pretty big funnel-web spiders donated to the ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.