Dubbed "Big boy'" the impressive spider can grow up to 3.54 inches (9cm) compared with 1.97 inches (5cm) for the more common ...

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

There are more than 43,000 species of spider in the world and one of them "can kill a toddler in five minutes".

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...

A ustralian scientists officially confirmed the existence of a new venomous funnel-web spider species, named Big Boy (Atrax ...

Let's talk about the woodlouse spider, an arachnid with a unique hunting style and impressive jaws. Known scientifically as ...

The species has fangs that produce a painful bite, like a wasp sting, resulting in a range of unpleasant symptoms that can ...

Venomous spiders are spreading across the UK and hospitalising a record number of people. Only 10 species currently in the country have the fangs and jaw muscles needed to penetrate human skin. The ...

Now scientists in Australia have discovered a new funnel-web spider which is even bigger and more venomous. Kane Christensen ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in ...