A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

Habitat loss, deforestation, the illegal wildlife trade and climate change are pushing these extraordinary species towards ...

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday, ...

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Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species ...

A new spider species from among the harsh dry lands of southern Morocco has amazed the scientific world with its face, a ...

Crimson red ladybug spider with surprising scientific characteristics has been discovered in Morocco and named Eresus rubrocephalus.