One of the largest is the whistling spider or Australian tarantula, which goes by several names: barking spider, bird-eating tarantula, and Queensland whistling tarantula, which refer to the ...

Australia has a reputation for venomous wildlife, particularly spiders. A good part of that reputation comes from the deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus. This particular spider has ...

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 earned the nickname “Big Boy ...

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 ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni, at the Australian Museum, in Sydney ...