Atrax christenseni, after noticing differences in spiders from the Newcastle area, marking a significant contribution to ...

They have named the 9-centimetre long species as Atrax christenseni, after spider enthusiast Kane Christensen's contributions ...

A new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered in Newcastle, Australia - even larger and more venomous than common ...

The first person to discover the Aussie spider, Kane Christensen, has warned people not to approach it, citing its massive ...

Arachnologists Dr. Danilo Harms from the LIB, and Dr. Bruno Buzatto from Flinders University, began these comparisons after ...

A new type of spider, nicknamed the ‘big boy’, has officially been discovered in Australia- and immediately became one of the ...

"If you are bitten by a funnel-web spider, call an ambulance and go straight to hospital," researcher Geoff Isbister said.

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...

A larger, more venomous, longer-fanged species of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has been discovered by scientists in ...

The Australian Reptile Park’s antivenom program kickstarted the research after spider keeper Kane Christensen noted many ...

Australian scientists have identified a new, larger species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, named 'Big Boy'. This species, Atrax christenseni, was discovered near Newcastle by Kane Christensen.