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.

Scientists from Australia and Germany have classified a new, highly venomous species of spider, Atrax christenseni, known as Big Boy. It is very large and highly venomous, with bites that can be ...

The Big Boy spiders can grow up to 9 centimeters ... in the 1980s prevents most fatalities from funnel-web spider bites in Australia. "A total of 13 deaths related to Sydney funnel-web spider ...

"The Newcastle funnel-web, Atrax christenseni — 'Big Boy' — is a totally new species ... In 2024, a Sydney funnel-web spider found in Australia set a record as the largest spider at the Australian ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the deadliest arachnids in the world. The Sydney funnel-back spider ...

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of an antivenom in 1981, despite the 30 to 40 recorded funnel-web bites every ...

The huge spider has dubbed “big boy” and are said to release “copious ... prevents most fatalities from funnel-web spiders in Australia. Before effective medicine was introduced, 13 deaths ...

“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 ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in Australia. Nicknamed “Big Boy” and living just 100 miles north of ...

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders ... who first described it in the early 2000s and gave the spiders the nickname "big boys." These funnel-web spiders are the largest of the three ...

The Big Boy spiders can grow up to 9 centimeters ... a highly effective antivenom developed in the 1980s prevents most fatalities from funnel-web spider bites in Australia. "A total of 13 deaths ...

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. Sydney funnel-web ...