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

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 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 ...

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, ...

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Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

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A newly discovered species of trapdoor spider lurking beneath California's coastal dunes has unveiled the hidden biodiversity thriving just beneath the sandy surface, posing new questions about ...