How Hemsworth the Funnel-Web Spider Got Its Name Hemsworth received his name after the gargantuan spider towered over other funnel-web spiders. ©YouTube: Australian Reptile Park – Original ...

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.

The Australian Reptile Park received the spider for its antivenom program during peak funnel web season. ’Hemsworth,' named after the Hemsworth brothers, surpasses last year’s record-holder, ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest.

It is something researchers have suspected for 20 years. Now they know for sure the Newcastle funnel-web is bigger, scarier, and different than the rest.

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly ...

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly ...