Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different populations of the Sydney funnel-web spider – one of the world’s deadliest spiders – and found there were three species, only two of which were previously known to science.

Now, a new species of funnel-web spider has been discovered, and it is larger and even deadlier than all other funnel-web spiders - researchers say. Kane Christensen, an expert in Spiders, was quoted by Sky News: "This particular spider is a lot larger,

Let's talk about the funnel web spider, one of the most notorious arachnids in the world. Known for their fast-acting venom, funnel web spiders are both fascinating and intimidating.

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

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

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

Australia might be home to a large proportion of the world’s deadliest animals but it's about to have three more. The iconic Sydney funnel-web spider, with one of the world’s deadliest bites, has been discovered to be three species instead of one,

A massive new subspecies of Australia's funnel-web spider, the deadliest in the world, has been discovered by scientists in the eastern city of Newcastle.