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

Funnel web spider bite treatment. Getting bit by a funnel web is painful and should be treated very seriously. Symptoms can occur all over the body and include: Collapsing from shock; ...

Both male and female funnel-web spiders are often all black or all brown and grow to 1 cm – 5 cm in body length, according to the Australian Museum, ...

The spider measured 3.1 inches from the tip of its front leg to the tip of its back leg, surpassing the park’s previous record-holder from 2018, a male funnel-web named Colossus.

The deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, dubbed "Hercules," was found on the Central Coast, about 50 miles north of Sydney, and was initially given to a local hospital, ...

Scientists have named the 3.54-inch-long species Atrax christenseni, with a nickname of "Big Boy." Common Sydney funnel-web spiders, in comparison, can grow up to nearly 2 inches.

In this Dec. 10, 2023 photo supplied by the Australian Reptile Park, a male specimen of the Sydney funnel-web spider, the world's most poisonous arachnid, has been found and donated to the ...