The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying distinct regions.

Here’s how it works. 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.

It’s no secret that Australia is home to plenty of dangerous animals. From land creatures ... The creepy-crawly in question is the Sydney funnel-web spider. Named after the shape of the webs ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one of the world’s deadliest spiders – and found there were three species, ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous ... because it’s such a charismatic animal, but it just goes to show that ...

There are seven broad types of spider webs, and each is created in a unique way. In this article, we find out about their ...

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

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists.

The biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded — a deadly behemoth measuring 3.6 inches (9.2 centimeters) from foot to foot — has been handed into a zoo in Australia. The spider is so large ...

Funnel-web spiders, which are mostly found in Australia, differ from other spiders with funnel-shaped webs. The most notorious is Atrax robustus, which is commonly known as the Sydney funnel-web ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - 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 ...