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 ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

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 ...

There are over 700 islands in the Caribbean Sea, formed by volcanic activity and tectonic shifts. Many diverse ecological regions are found throughout the region and across individual islands, ...

There are over 700 islands in the Caribbean Sea, formed by volcanic activity and tectonic shifts. Many diverse ecological regions are found throughout the region and across individual islands, ...

The post From Pink Toes to Trapdoors: What Sets Caribbean Tarantulas Apart From Their South American Cousins appeared first on A-Z Animals. Citharacanthus cyaneus, the Cuban orange and violet ...

Central America is the narrow land bridge, or isthmus, between North and South America. It is bordered by the Caribbean to the east and the Pacific to the west. The countries of Central America ...

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 ...