Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant ...

Iron-rich rocks at McGraths Flat preserve Miocene rainforest life in remarkable detail, reshaping ideas about how and where ...

Spiders are arachnids, a class of arthropods closely related to scorpions, mites, and ticks. With over 45,000 species, ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, formally named 125 plants and 65 fungi in 2025, including a zombie fungus that parasitizes Brazilian spiders, a bloodstained orchid from Ecuador, and a ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

New species are discovered all the time. While some are found in the most remote parts of the planet, others were hiding in plain sight all this time. Newsweek reported that a new species of spider ...

Viral footage has captured the moment a DoorDash delivery driver may have pepper-sprayed a customer’s order during a delivery in Evansville, Indiana, according to local authorities and the company.

Spider silk is a protein fiber that forms tough, crystal-like sheets. A spider makes several silk types in different glands, then pulls a liquid mixture through microscopic spigots on the spinnerets, ...

Trap doors act as devices of trickery and disguise, providing an entryway into the unknown. These interesting entry points are beneficial to the person behind them. In the case of the trapdoor spider, ...

Uniquely is a Modesto Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Central Valley so special. To the delight of critter lovers and the dismay of ...