Given this new development, let’s learn more about the ‘Big Boy’ spider and its relatives. The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) was first described in 1877 from a single specimen ...

The new funnel-web species has earned the nickname "Big ... been recorded though no human fatalities have occurred since the development of antivenom in the 1980s, according to the Australian ...

This investment will fast-track development of the world's first cardioprotective drug, which was inspired by a molecule discovered in the venom of an Australian funnel-web spider,' lead ...

A new species of Funnel Web Spider named Atrax christenseni and ... weeks ‘Although no human fatalities have occurred since the development of antivenom in the 1980s, the antivenom for Sydney ...

"A total of 13 deaths related to Sydney funnel-web spider bites have been recorded, with no further fatalities since the development of antivenom in the 1980s," according to the Australian Museum ...

The famous Sydney funnel-web was split into three species ... No one has died since the development of antivenom in 1981. Risk depends on how much venom a spider injects – often it’s none, ...

“This investment will fast-track development of the world’s first cardioprotective drug, which was inspired by a molecule discovered in the venom of an Australian funnel-web spider,” lead ...