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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

They are named after Kane Christensen, the former head of spiders at the Australian Reptile Park. He first described this variant in the early 2000s and nicknamed them “big boys ...

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 ...

Mr Christensen added: ‘Atrax christenseni is a superb and impressive funnel-web. The sheer size of the males, compared to the males of the other Atrax species, is simply astounding.

Scientists have just discovered a brand new species of spider—and it instantly became the most venomous story in the world. The Sydney funnel-web has held the title of most venomous creepy ...