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.

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

which produces life-saving antivenom against Sydney funnel-web spider and other spider bites. Emma Teni, the spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, named the giant spider "Hemsworth" after ...

Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one ...

“The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni— dubbed Big Boy—is a totally new species. The ‘true’ Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus centres on the North Shore of Sydney and the Central Coast, and the ...

The Australian Reptile Park's spider ... giant spiders Hercules and Colossus comes an arachnid that is ... even bigger. The Australian Reptile Park recently recorded its largest male funnel-web ...

The giant spiders became sport for the park’s media team. In 2018, the park hailed the arrival of their biggest ever funnel-web, dubbed Colossus, and grabbed international headlines. A normal ...