In 2024, the largest male Sydney funnel-web spider ever recorded was found in an Australian park. Spider experts measured it at 7.9cm and aptly named it Hercules.

Venomous funnel-web spiders are typically only found in Australia, but another species that builds similar-looking webs can often be found in the United States.

In 2024, a Sydney funnel-web spider found in Australia set a record as the largest spider at the Australian Reptile Park. It measured 3.1 inches from foot to foot, surpassing the park's previous ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is most active during warmer weather. Funnel-web spiders look for small crevices they can line with web, creating a tunnel or "funnel" for them to live in.

Further to the south and west dwells the Southern Sydney funnel-web (Atrax montanus), a species originally described in 1914 and later folded into A. robustus. Turns out it was indeed a different ...

Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest.

If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel-web spider sitting on her egg sac, your first instinct might be to run away. But the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging residents of nearby ...

Funnel-web spiders, whose most dangerous species lives in and around Sydney, are known for their deadly, fast-acting venom. Before the antivenom was introduced in 1981, 13 people died as a result ...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new species of spider—and it instantly became the most venomous story in the world. The Sydney funnel-web has held the title of most venomous creepy ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 km (105 miles) north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider ...