Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

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A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a ...

A primary school-aged boy remains in hospital after he was bitten by a funnel-web spider in a popular Sydney park.

A statement from the Sydney National Museum and Newcastle University said a new subspecies of deadly venomous spiders has been ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world’s ...

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

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Although terrifying, the Sydney funnel-web spider is an intriguing part of Australian biodiversity, and this discovery underlines the need for continued research even into the best-known species.

Related: Meet ‘Big Boy’ the funnel-web spider Kane’s hunch that there was more than one species of funnel-web was shared by the late arachnologist Dr Michael Gray at the Australian Museum. “Mike ...

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.