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 ...

Native to Australia, the funnel web spider belongs to the most fearsome arachnids, capable of delivering a potent neurotoxin through its fangs. While responsible for few human fatalities due to ...

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.

A massive funnel web spider, the largest ever discovered, has been named ‘Hemsworth’ after the famous brothers. The Australian Reptile Park received the spider for its antivenom program during ...

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 ...

The Newcastle funnel-web spider, Atrax christenseni, the most venomous spider in the world. This spider species was originally thought to be the same as the Sydney funnel-web, Atrax robustus.

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

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 ...