In a small patch of undisturbed ancient bushland in Western Australia, researchers stumbled upon a rare “jewel.” Hidden in a burrow in the remnants of the Whadjuk boodja, or Perth’s Swan Coastal Plain ...
Meet The Record-Breaking Spider That Lived For 40+ Years In This Continent’s Infamous ‘Bush Country’
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A trapdoor spider, known only as “Number 16,” was first ...
Scientists discovered a new type of venomous spider in Florida, one apparently related to the tarantula. Zoo Miami announced in a press release their staff aided in identifying the new species, dubbed ...
The Pine Rockland Trapdoor spider was first discovered at Zoo Miami in 2012 but wasn't officially identified as a new species until recently Scientists have discovered a new species of a venomous ...
Commenters have dubbed a spider in a viral Facebook post an “Oreo spider” for the flat, brownish disc on the end of its abdomen. Despite the innocuous nickname, the user who shared the post warns ...
While trapdoor spiders can come in all kinds of different sizes, like the massive and nightmarish Euoplos dignitas, or the much smaller brush-footed trapdoor spider, like those found in Australia. Now ...
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