It may look, and smell, foul — but this spider marks the latest exciting discovery in a string of new species found in the ...

Three new species of massive, furry “birdeater” spiders have been discovered, with dozens more stricken from the grouping. In a new paper published in the open-access journal ZooKeys, researchers ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Many animals employ various shapes, patterns, and colors to blend into their backgrounds or mimic ...

THESE amazing images of a mammoth spider devouring a bird were taken in the backyard of an Atherton property, west of Cairns. And the images, which are being cirulated via email worldwide, are real, ...

As some of the biggest arachnids in the world, bird-eating spiders are many people's idea of a living nightmare. Well, for those with arachnophobia out there, this may not be welcome news as ...

Two new species of bird-dropping crab spiders have been discovered in Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a study. Polina Koroleva Unsplash A scientist has discovered two new species of crab ...