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

The sarcophagus had been left untouched at a university museum in Sydney for more than 150 years. When scientists opened the coffin last year, they were surprised to find the remains of human feet ...

A massive new subspecies of Australia's funnel-web spider, the deadliest in the world, has been discovered by scientists in ...

The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.

the Macleay Museum of natural history and ethnographic collections and the University Art Gallery. Its outstanding sporting and recreation facilities provide a training centre for students and Olympic ...

Researchers reclassify the infamous Sydney funnel-web spider into three distinct species: Atrax robustus, Atrax montanus, and ...

The newly named subspecies. Photo courtesy Kane Christensen.An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most ...