The diminutive spider measures in at less than a quarter of an inch in size and was discovered on a remote nature preserve ...

After 40 years Aulonia albimana — the orange‑legged white‑knuckled wolf spider — was rediscovered at Newtown National Nature Reserve on the Isle of Wight.

AN incredibly rare species of spider has been spotted in the UK for the first time in 40 years. Feared to have gone extinct, ...

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

Entomologist Mark Teller, who made the discovery with colleague Graeme Lyons, said the name was inspired by the distinctive ...

The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid have informally named the species the white-knuckled wolf spider.

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It's a quiet autumn evening. You're enjoying some TV, when an unscripted movement catches your eye. A large house spider (Tegenaria domestica) is striding across the rug toward you. You make a sudden ...

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.

Wolf spiders have a reputation for being intimidating, and it’s easy to see why. They’re fast, hairy, and large enough to make anyone jump when one scurries across the floor. In Australia and the ...