A statement from the Sydney National Museum and Newcastle University said a new subspecies of deadly venomous spiders has been ...

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“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 ...

That man, Kane Christensen, joined the Australian Reptile Park in 2003 as a ... pines kept secret upon their discovery in 1994, the exact locations of the Newcastle funnel-webs have been obscured ...

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 curiosity surrounding the Newcastle funnel-web peaked when one, dubbed Big Boy, was handed in to the Australian Reptile Park for milking ... His role in the discovery was rewarded with its ...

the Australian Museum, and Flinders University, the discovery was achieved through detailed anatomical and DNA studies, including specimens from Sydney, Newcastle, and Southern Sydney. The ...

"This particular spider is much larger, its venom glands are much larger, and its fangs are much longer," Christensen said, ...

The discovery stemmed ... web specimens found near Newcastle, a city 150 kilometers north of Sydney. These spiders were brought to the Australian Reptile Park for venom milking, where researchers ...