At first glance, it looked like a large spider resting on the ground—but a closer look revealed dozens of tiny spiderlings ...

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At first, it looked like just a big spider resting on the ground—but when I looked closer, I saw it was carrying dozens of ...

Spiders are arachnids, a class of arthropods closely related to scorpions, mites, and ticks. With over 45,000 species, ...

Scientists have made a world-first discovery after extracting woolly rhinoceros DNA from the stomach of a wolf dating back to the Ice Age. The 14,400-year-old find offers rare insight into the final ...

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Cold temperatures and harsh weather conditions are bad news for most animals, including spiders. But these creatures aren’t entirely helpless when faced with frigid temperatures. They have a few ...

They’re cute, curious, and won’t get off our kitchen bench. The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but if a jumping spider wants to take up ...

A potential breakthrough treatment derived from the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders has taken a major step toward human trials after securing $23 million in funding for a Brisbane-based ...

Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species named in 2025.

A 3-year-old boy was found dead hours after he was reported missing in Queensland, Australia, on Tuesday, Jan. 6 Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style ...