The new species is a kind of trapdoor spider, a spider known for creating borrows underground with hinged doors.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s ...

In the dunes between Monterey and Mexico’s Baja California, Jochim and her coauthors discovered a new species of spider that ...

A new species of trapdoor spider named ‘Aptostichus ramirezae,’ was found by scientists at the University of California, ...

Scientists discovered a new kind of trapdoor spider under California’s sand dunes, showing how isolation helps spiders evolve ...

A critically endangered spider not seen in the UK for 40 years has been rediscovered. Aulonia albimana, which was last ...

A rare discovery of spider species which had not been seen in the UK since 1985 has thrilled scientists.A critically ...

The arachnid, which has been named the white knuckled wolf spider, because of its distinctive pale knuckles on its palps, was ...

More than a dozen types of pythons and over 30 other snakes, including a ghost Aztec jungle boa, were found packed in the ...

If you're scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn't help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake ...

The new spiders were identified as Aptostichus ramirezae. They're a new type of trapdoor spider, and live in California ...