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

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

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

Scientists in Kerala have discovered a rare fishing spider that hunts fish in forest streams. The unique species reveals ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List.

A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting through spiders and scorpions in the Zoological Collections Laboratory at the ...

A Taranaki biologist is overjoyed after discovering what is thought to be a new species of spider. Regional Council ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.