Scientists found an eight-eyed animal hunting and sitting near its eggs in the desert of Rajasthan and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Rishikesh Tripathi In a desert of northwestern ...

Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may contribute to the invasion success of brown widow spiders, according to new research. Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may ...

Nine new species of trapdoor spiders from the genus Stasimopus, all from South Africa’s arid Karoo region, have been described in a paper in Zootaxa. One of the species, Stasimopus ignis, was ...

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 ...

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