The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

You don’t want the brown huntsman spider coming at you. The creepy-crawly might be the fastest spider species in the ...

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Arizona is in the news again but it's not because of the heat. Scientists have discovered a new tarantula species, Aphonopelma jacobii, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. This newly ...

A newly discovered spider uses an ingenious method to launch its prey into the air, named after an ancient Roman weapon. The ballista spider was discovered in the rainforests of Far North Queensland.

Deep in the mountainous forests of South Korea, scientists stumbled upon something that changes what we know about regional spider diversity, and it raises questions about how many more undiscovered ...

Arizona is home to over a dozen tarantula species. These primarily nocturnal creatures are most active during the late summer and early fall mating season. Although venomous, Arizona tarantulas are ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

Researchers trekking the remote Himalayas to study ants stumbled onto something unexpected lurking under a leaf, and it ...

Opening forest canopies to boost biodiversity may reduce spider diversity, as closed forests support significantly more spider species.