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

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

UC Davis scientists uncovered Aptostichus ramirezae, a new trapdoor spider species living under California’s dunes. Genetic analysis revealed it was distinct from its close relative, Aptostichus simus ...

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

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

According to a recent study published in Ecology and Evolution, scientists found that the spider that appeared to be one ...

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

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

Bond named the new spider species Aptostichus ramirezae after Martina Giselle Ramirez, a well-known arachnologist who ...

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

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.