Entombed in rock for over 310 million years, a spider fossil discovered in northern Germany isastonishingly well-preserved.

If you thought Australia’s spiders were scary, wait until you see the prehistoric version, because everyone online is losing ...

One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests. Spiders and their arachnid relatives may have actually originated ...

Introduction. Caught in the act ; What are spiders and how do they fit into the grand scheme of things? ; Spiders in the fossil record ; Age, radiations and extinction events ; What is the importance ...

A giant bone from North America's largest dinosaur was found in West Texas. Sul Ross State University geology students uncovered the fossil while on a research mission at Big Bend National Park in ...

Whether you love spiders or can't be within 10 feet of them, you probably think of them crawling around on land. And based on the fossil record, most researchers would probably say the same thing. For ...