A photo of a spider with markings on its abdomen resembling a human face has gone viral in the Thai Facebook group “What Is This?” after a user in Yasothon province posted it, asking what species it ...

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 ...

Climate change and habitat loss threaten the newly named trapdoor spider. Scientists from the, Davis, have identified a previously unknown trapdoor spider species lurking in the coastal sand dunes of ...

An Australian company has created a significant evolution of the construction industry in the form of Charlotte, a spider-like robot capable of building houses.

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...

In the dunes between Monterey and Mexico’s Baja California, Jochim and her coauthors discovered a new species of spider that until now has been hidden in plain sight: Aptostichus ramirezae. The new ...

The hiker was rescued while attempting the Kalalau Trail, a challenging 22-mile round-trip trek from Ke’e Beach to Kalalau Beach. The 22-mile round-trip trek offers the only access to the rugged ...

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 ...

A reptile expert has shared his fears that a deadly spider species could invade the UK. Chris Newman, Director of the ...

A rare species of spider has been spotted at a National Trust conservation site, in what the charity believes is the first ...