Christensen warned residents about the potential danger of these spiders venturing into homes. "You can sometimes find them in a garage, bedroom, or somewhere else in the house, especially if they ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170km north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider enthusiast and former ...

Atrax christenseni owes its name to Kane Christensen, a Central Coast spider enthusiast who first brought the Newcastle specimens to researchers’ attention.

Kane Christensen. The original single species of Sydney funnel-web is named Atrax robustus, and grows up to 1.6 inches in length. The researchers describe in the paper how they used DNA analysis ...

(Kane Christensen) The habitat of A. robustus itself is focused around the Sydney area, as far north as the Central Coast, south to the Georges River, and west to the Baulkam Hills area, ...

Denmark’s Andreas Christensen believes his side can silence England’s talismanic striker Harry Kane during their Euro 2020 semi-final meeting on Wednesday. Christensen, 25, has said his team ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big Boy" and was first discovered in the early 2000s near Newcastle, 170 km (105 miles) north of Sydney, by Kane Christensen, a spider ...

To show how much Kane's work meant to us, we have called it Atrax christenseni. We named it after him," Smith said. Christensen was delighted at this turn of events.